Brewers take 2-0 NLDS lead over Padres; Matsui pitches in relief
In short
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 in Game 1 of their National League Division Series and then won Game 2 to take a 2-0 lead in the series, according to Mynavi News and NHK News. Padres reliever Matsui Yuki threw one scoreless inning in Game 1 and NHK reported he also pitched in relief in the series. Game 1 turned on a tying two-run homer by Chourio, a go-ahead solo shot by Contreras and a ninth-inning fly ball that hit the stadium ceiling and was ruled an out.
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The Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 in the opening game of their National League Division Series at American Family Field, Mynavi News reported, and NHK News reported the Brewers went on to win Game 2 and take two straight games in the series. [ 1 , 2 ]
Mynavi reported the Padres scored twice in the top of the second inning with three straight hits against Milwaukee starter Misiorowski, whom it described as the National League leader this season in ERA and strikeouts and who threw as hard as 104.8 mph (about 168.7 km/h). San Diego starter Robbie Ray then gave up a tying two-run home run to leadoff hitter Chourio in the bottom of the third, the report said. [ 1 ]
Matsui Yuki entered with the score tied in the bottom of the fifth as the Padres' third pitcher, Mynavi reported. He struck out Turang swinging, saw a hard liner to left caught by left fielder Dustin Harris with a sliding grab, hit the next batter, and got Yelich to ground out to second for a scoreless inning, according to the report. [ 1 ]
The Padres left the bases loaded with two outs in the top of the seventh, and in the bottom of the inning reliever Adrian Morejón allowed a go-ahead solo home run to Contreras with two outs, according to Mynavi. [ 1 ]
In the ninth, with one out and a runner on first, Ty France hit a high fly to left that struck the ceiling and changed direction, and left fielder Chourio caught it near the fence. Mynavi reported that under American Family Field rules a ball hitting the ceiling over fair territory remains in play, so the play was ruled a fly out, and that manager Craig Stammen's protest and a replay review did not overturn the call before Jackson Merrill was retired to end the game. [ 1 ]
NHK reported that Matsui also pitched in relief in the series. Its article text gave no details of the Brewers-Padres second game, and the documents do not give a score for it. [ 2 ]
Why it matters
The two results leave the Padres needing a comeback in a short series to stay in the postseason, and both games in the documents were played at the Brewers' home ballpark. For Japanese readers, the coverage centres on reliever Matsui Yuki, whose appearances are the main local link to the series, while NHK, an official broadcaster, treated the Brewers' two wins as the headline fact.
Key facts
- The Brewers beat the Padres 3-2 in Game 1 of the National League Division Series at American Family Field. [ 1 ]
- NHK reported the Brewers then won Game 2 and took two straight games in the division series. [ 2 ]
- Matsui Yuki pitched the bottom of the fifth for the Padres in Game 1, allowing no runs, striking out one batter and hitting one. [ 1 ]
- NHK reported that Matsui also made a relief appearance in the division series. [ 2 ]
- Padres starter Robbie Ray gave up a tying two-run home run to leadoff hitter Chourio in the third inning of Game 1. [ 1 ]
- Milwaukee starter Misiorowski, described as the National League leader in ERA and strikeouts this season, threw as hard as 104.8 mph (about 168.7 km/h). [ 1 ]
- Reliever Adrian Morejón gave up a go-ahead solo home run to Contreras with two outs in the seventh inning. [ 1 ]
- In the ninth, Ty France's fly ball hit the ceiling and was ruled an out under the stadium's ground rules; a protest by manager Craig Stammen and a replay review did not change the call. [ 1 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- The score and details of Game 2 of the Brewers-Padres division series. NHK's headline says the Brewers won two straight games, but its article text does not describe that game, and only Mynavi details Game 1.
- Which game Matsui Yuki's relief appearance reported by NHK came in. The NHK item says he pitched in relief without specifying the game, and the documents give a relief outing in Game 1 only.
- Whether anything further followed the Padres' protest over the ninth-inning ground-rule call. Only Mynavi covers the play, saying the protest and a replay review did not change the ruling.