Baseball Cinema: Jackson Chourio Meets The Moment And Walks It Off Against Mason Miler As The Brewers Hand The Padres Another Soul Crushing NLDS Loss

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The Brewers and Padres once again delivered an awesome, drama-packed postseason baseball game for the second night in a row. Up until the final pitch of the game, the Padres never trailed. Five strong from Michael King and some big outs from Matsui and Rodriguez handed the ball to who but Mason Miller to try and even up the NLDS for the final 6 outs.

In the 8th, working with a one run cushion, Mason Miller looked his usual invincible self as he struck out Turang and Bauers with ease before getting a weak fly ball from Contreras to end the frame. 

Unfortunately for the Padres, Miller did not have the same effectiveness in the 9th. Three walks loaded the bases with two outs and set up an incredible situation with Jackson Chourio standing in the way of San Diego's victory. Miller quickly worked ahead 1-2 with nothing but fastballs. On the 5th pitch of the at bat Chourio somehow took a disgusting slider below the zone for a ball. The full at bat is posted a few videos below and I advise you to go watch that pitch. Unbelievable take. That set up another fastball and he was ready to hammer it up the middle, walking it off. 

Star power vs. star power. It's all you want in the postseason with the game on the line.

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Miller lost his crispness in that second inning of work and in the end was unable to close the door. Instead of an even series Milwaukee now has a commanding 2-0 lead, just one win away now from the NLCS. For San Diego, you're looking yourself in the mirror thinking you should be the one's up 2-0. Just about two of the most painful back to back postseason losses you'll see with Saturday's roof debacle and now Miller's blown save. They say there's a curse with San Diego sports and they might be right. At least they have the amazing weather, just don't tell them about El Niño, and I'm not talking about Fernando Tatis Jr. 

The Brewers actually never lose.