SAN DIEGO, CA - OCTOBER 07: Manager Pat Murphy #00 of the Milwaukee Brewers celebrates with the team in the clubhouse after winning Game Four of the National League Division Series presented by Booking.com between the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on Wednesday, October 7, 2026 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Oct 8, 2026, 7:30 AM CT
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The Milwaukee Brewers are again advancing to the National League Championship Series and will face a common foe.
The Brewers defeated the San Diego Padres in the National League Division Series, winning on Oct.8 by a score of 3-1 and winning the series 3-1.
Venezuelan star Jackson Chourio continued his clutch performances this series by hitting a single in the fifth inning, driving in the go-ahead run.
Chourio is now the Brewers’ career leader in postseason RBI at just 22 years old. Chourio has 17 RBI, including six in this series, in 16 playoff games.
Garrett Mitchell tripled and scored the tiebreaking run in the fifth inning before making a pivotal catch on Manny Machado's drive to the wall in the eighth.
Machado almost drove the ball out of the park, but Mitchell grabbed the ball at the warning track, robbing Machado of a homer.
Mitchell also drove in Sal Frelick with Milwaukee’s first run as the Brewers snapped their 12-game postseason road losing streak since 2018.
The Brewers will now face the Los Angeles Dodgers, who swept the Brewers at this same point last season.
Game 1 is Oct. 11 at American Family Field and ace Jacob Misiorowski will get the start.
Drake Bentley is the general assignment reporter for the Milwaukee Courier, covering politics, sports and the community. He is an award-winning investigative journalist who has worked for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin State Journal, Newsweek, Heavy and The Sporting News. He is a northside Milwaukee native, former political staffer and graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the University of Nebraska.
