Hmmm I'm not sure I agree with that. We had two major moments where we failed to take control. One was Game 2, ahead 1-0 in the series and 3-0 in the 7th, before Jeffress came in and did Jeffress things.
We cleaned up Game 3, then took Game 4 to 13 innings before losing. That was the death blow. We get either one of those games and I do think we go to the World Series. Going back to MKE at 3-2 would have been nice.
I would agree that by the time it swung back to MKE, it was really a pipe dream, but I was clinging to that hope. My silver lining has always been that we would have lost the WS. That Boston team may have been the best ever.
Edit: I just realize you meant the game didn't reach the apex.