Brewers Defeated Padres in NLDS Game 1 and 2, Loose Game 3, Forcing 4th game
Photo by Yvonne Kemp
Milwaukee won 103 games in the regular season and had the best record in Major League Baseball – earning a bye to this round – while San Diego swept the Chicago Cubs in the best-of-three wild card series to reach the NLDS. On Saturday, October 3, 2026, Milwaukee Brewers beat San Diego 3-2 in Game 1 on William Contreras’s seventh-inning homer, after a ninth-inning drive by Ty France hit a cable on the American Family Field roof and was caught for an out.
In Game 2 of the 2026 NLDS, the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Sunday, October 4, 2026. Jackson Chourio hit a walk-off two-run single against Padres closer Mason Miller to secure the win.
However, On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, the San Diego Padres defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in Game 3 of the NLDS at Petco Park. The win kept San Diego’s season alive, bringing the series to 2-1 in favor of the Brewers.
Game 4 will be played in San Diego on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
Update:
Milwaukee Brewers defeated the San Diego Padres 3-1 in Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. With this victory, the Brewers won the series 3-1 and advanced to the NLCS.
The Dodgers finished off a four-game series win against the Braves earlier in the evening, meaning it’ll be a rematch of the 2025 NLCS that went to Los Angeles in a four-game sweep. The Brewers will open Game 1 of the NLCS at home on Sunday, Oct. 11.
Pictured above are highlights from game 1 in the series.
