Garrett Mitchell Robs Manny Machado of Game-Tying Homer as Brewers Hold 3-1 Game 4 Lead
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 7
Garrett Mitchell Robs Manny Machado of Game-Tying Homer as Brewers Hold 3-1 Game 4 Lead
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 7
Summary
Garrett Mitchell reached over the wall in the eighth inning to take away Manny Machado’s apparent game-tying home run, preserving Milwaukee’s 3-1 lead in Division Series Game 4.
Fernando Tatis Jr. had opened the inning with a walk, but Abner Uribe retired Jackson Merrill and then escaped the heart of San Diego’s order after Mitchell’s catch.
Aaron Ashby helped set up that moment by throwing three scoreless relief innings, carrying the Brewers through the seventh while the Padres struggled to generate late offense.
Milwaukee also missed a chance to widen the margin when Mason Miller worked out of a seventh-inning bases-loaded jam, leaving the Padres still within one swing before Mitchell’s play.