Morning Rundown: Brewers force game three, rest of series end
Brewers come from behind to win, forces a game three
Day two of the Wild Card saw three of the four series wrap up with only one game three needed going into Thursday.
An Andy Ibanez pinch-hit, bases-clearing double in the top of the eighth inning gave the Detroit Tigers a lead they ended up holding, helping them advance to the ALDS.
That was after the Houston Astros put two runs on the board in the bottom of the seventh to take the lead. Detroit used seven different pitchers on the day, including top prospect Jackson Jobe, who allowed both earned runs in one-third of an inning.
Sean Guenther got the win after pitching 1.2 innings after Jobe. Hunter Brown struck out nine over 5.2 innings for the Astros, allowing just one run on two hits and two walks.
The Kansas City Royals held the fourth-highest-scoring team in baseball to just one run in two games, sweeping the Baltimore Orioles. Vinnie Pasquantino opened up the scoring with an RBI single that scored Michael Massey.
Cedric Mullens followed that up, tying the game with his first home run of the postseason. Bobby Witt Jr followed that up the next inning with an RBI single that scored Massey again.
Seth Lugo allowed the one run in 4.1 innings pitched, with five relievers following up to close things out.
It looked like we might get a sweep in each game, as the Mets went into the bottom of the eighth with the lead, but Jackson Churio and Garrett Mitchell hit home runs for the Brewers and forced a deciding game three.
Despite a late home run from Michael Harris II, the Braves fell short of forcing a game three as the San Diego Padres advanced to the NLDS.
Harris started things with a bang, hitting a lead-off double to open the game before scoring on a Marcell Ozuna sacrifice fly. The Padres scored three on a Kyle Higashioka solo home run and Manny Machado two-run double.
Jackson Merrill tripled to extend it to 5-1, just enough after Jorge Soler and Harris homered, with the final being 5-4.
The Padres used six pitchers, with starter Joe Musgrove going 3.2 innings.
The Mets and Brewers play the lone game three of the Wild Card round, with an expected start time of 7:08 pm ET.
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Top Exit Velocity
Gary Sanchez - MIL - 112.2 mph - Groundout
MJ Melendez - KC - 111.4 mph - Single
Fernando Tatis Jr. - SD - 110.7 mph - Single
William Contreras - MIL - 110.1 mph - Groundout
Pete Alonso - NYM - 110.1 mph - GIDP
Top Pitch Velocity
Robert Suarez - SD - 101.5 mph
Trevor Megill - MIL - 101.1 mph
Robert Suarez - SD - 101 mph
Trevor Megill - MIL - 100.8 mph
Trevor Megill - MIL - 100.8 mph
Most Whiffs
Hunter Brown - HOU - 16
Seth Lugo - KC - 13
Tanner Scott - SD - 5
Trevor Megill - MIL - 5
Sean Manaea - NYM - 5
Had to laugh at the results of the opening round, since we had people here dismissing the Royals' success as just their owner spending some money in an effort to get a new ballpark. I bet their fans are really bummed that that's the reason they are where they are.
Any chance Nutwit is learning anything from KC? Nah, didn't think so.
Padres losing Musgrove is a big blow to their chances to beat the Dodgers.
Rooting hard for Brew Crew to down the Mets. I’m a big fan of how that organization is run. Definitely wish Pirates were operated in a similar fashion.