Padres (Pivetta) vs Brewers (May): 10/6/26, 8:30pm

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The best team in baseball takes on the hottest team in baseball™ in Game 3 at Petco Park. A Brewers win advances Milwaukee to the NLCS.

Nick Pivetta has a 1.64 ERA in five starts since returning from IL in September. All September starts were 5 IP or less.

Dustin May has been excellent against San Diego this season. 1.23 ERA against the Padres in 2026 spanning three starts.

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Not pictured: Walker Buehler returned to the active roster and is presumably available for multiple innings.

[adambr2]

Hard to believe but the Brewers have not won a playoff game on the road since Game 3 of the 2018 NLCS in Los Angeles. Time for that to end tonight. 

[Underachiever]

Gonna be a long day. 13 hours to first pitch

[igor67]

Let's get up early by a nice 5 run margin, let May have a good day and go 5 or 6 before turning it over to the B side of the pen.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

There's just no rest in a playoff run. I still feel like the series completely turns if we don't get this one and then just feel certain it will go back to MKE which I just want no part of.

[HarveysWBs]

I’m not sure how a team comes back from this:

and frankly, I don’t want to find out.

So I hope we have good May, and that the lefty bats are cooking, and we extinguish their flickering flame tonight.

[bucks2281]

If my math is correct, this franchise in road playoff games:

11 straight losses

3-17 since 2008

6-21 all time

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Teams that have won the first two games at home in Division Series with the current 2-2-1 format have gone on to win the series 33 of 36 times (92%). 

source: MLB.com

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10 minutes ago, HarveysWBs said:

I’m not sure how a team comes back from this:

and frankly, I don’t want to find out.

So I hope we have good May, and that the lefty bats are cooking, and we extinguish their flickering flame tonight.

I agree. We don’t want San Diego to win tonight and have every reason to believe they will win Game 4 to send it back to Milwaukee.

[Underachiever]

40 minutes ago, igor67 said:

Let's get up early by a nice 5 run margin, let May have a good day and go 5 or 6 before turning it over to the B side of the pen.

I don't think there is a chance we see the B bullpen if they are up by any margin late. To put it in laymen's terms, there is no Chafin-proof lead today.

[MrTPlush]

41 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

There's just no rest in a playoff run. I still feel like the series completely turns if we don't get this one and then just feel certain it will go back to MKE which I just want no part of.

We have been in this spot 3 times in recent memory. Twice the series ended up back in Milwaukee and once we simply completed the sweep.

I can’t imagine us losing three games in a row, but also, I won’t act like this series isn’t going to end up a nailbiter anyway.

[Turning2]

The day off gave us fans a chance to revel in the walk off, relive it many times over without needing to switch focus on another game immediately. The Brewers got to bask in the glow. I wonder how it affected SD. Helped or hurt? They could either stew and let it gnaw at them, or maybe the extra time helped soothe the psychological gut punch. 

[owbc]

The Brewers have never swept a postseason series. 
 

Until tonight! 

[adambr2]

3 minutes ago, owbc said:

The Brewers have never swept a postseason series. 
 

Until tonight! 

Thought for sure they swept the Rockies in 2018.

[owbc]

2 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Thought for sure they swept the Rockies in 2018.

Correction…

The Brewers have never swept the Padres in a postseason series…

until tonight! 

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This one should end around midnight central time?