Brewers beat Padres 3-1 to win NL Division Series and reach NLCS

The Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 to win the National League Division Series in four games and advance to the NL Championship Series. [1]

MLB said in a post on X that the Brewers are NLCS-bound for the second straight year. [2] In a later post, MLB noted that Milwaukee had the best record in baseball and has now added a Division Series win. [3]

MLB credited a game-saving catch by Garrett Mitchell for sending the Brewers on. The league's post did not describe the play or say when in the game it happened. [4]

Jeff Passan wrote on X that the series was "a truly great" four-game contest. Passan added: "The Padres fought. The Brewers were just better." [1]

Passan also wrote that Milwaukee will meet the Los Angeles Dodgers in a rematch of last year. That matchup was not final in the Associated Press account of the Dodgers' series. [1][5]

According to the AP, the Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Tuesday night to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five series. Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 in seven innings. Kiké Hernández hit a two-run homer and Freddie Freeman added a solo shot. [5]

The AP said Game 4 is scheduled for Wednesday night, with the Dodgers able to clinch the series. Atlanta right-hander Tyler Mahle is expected to start against Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow. [5]