The Milwaukee Brewers ended the San Diego Padres' season with a 3-1 win in Game 4 at Petco Park on Wednesday night.
The victory sealed the series in four games and sent Milwaukee to the NLCS.
Milwaukee's pitching staff held San Diego to one run and three hits.
Garrett Mitchell also delivered a decisive defensive play that preserved the Brewers' two-run lead.
Early Exchanges and Milwaukee's Lead
The Padres threatened in the first inning by loading the bases with two outs.
Xander Bogaerts then popped out against Robert Gasser to end the opportunity.
Milwaukee broke through in the third when Mitchell drove in Sal Frelick with an RBI single.
Fernando Tatis Jr. answered immediately for San Diego, hitting a 429-foot solo homer to center field to tie the game 1-1.
Gasser completed four innings for Milwaukee, allowing one run, three hits and one walk while striking out three.
Walker Buehler worked 3+ innings for San Diego, allowing one run, three hits and two walks with no strikeouts.
The Brewers regained the lead in the fifth when Jackson Chourio singled home Mitchell, who had opened the inning with a triple.
Sal Frelick added a sacrifice fly in the sixth to bring home Jake Bauers and make it 3-1.
Aaron Ashby then supplied three hitless innings for Milwaukee's bullpen.
He retired San Diego's side in the fifth and seventh innings and struck out two batters in the seventh.
San Diego's offense produced no further hits after Tatis' third-inning homer.
The Padres also left their final major opportunity hanging in the eighth inning.
Manny Machado hit a 107-mph drive toward deep center field with a runner aboard.
Mitchell tracked the ball to the warning track, leaped at the wall and robbed Machado of what appeared to be a game-tying home run.
Milwaukee's victory sends the Brewers into the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers, who eliminated the Atlanta Braves earlier Wednesday.
