Milwaukee's National League Division Series against San Diego ended in the Brewers' favour, with the club advancing through a contest that remained competitive from start to finish. Throughout the series, a two-run advantage represented the widest margin either the Brewers or the Padres managed to build at any point in any game.

The Brewers took three of the four games played, even as the margin between the two sides stayed narrow throughout. Throughout the stretch, Milwaukee executed its approach and accumulated victories.

A run total of 103 victories across the regular season, along with a fourth consecutive National League Central title, reflected the club's consistent ability to find solutions when the situation demanded them. A berth in the National League Championship Series awaits them, with a place in the World Series to be decided across those games.

Contributions from Chourio, Contreras, Frelick, and Yelich kept Milwaukee's attack moving across all four games of the series. A home run, six runs batted in, and the walk-off hit that sealed Game 2 painted a more complete picture of Chourio's series impact than his batting average alone could convey. Contreras put together a versatile offensive performance, connecting for a pair of home runs.

Across the series, Yelich posted a .357 average at the plate while Frelick put up .333 of his own. Each of the four starters — Jacob Misiorowski, Logan Henderson, Dustin May, and Robert Gasser — turned in outings that kept the team in contention for a victory. Across 19 innings of postseason work spanning a four-game series, the relief corps held opposing hitters to a 0.47 ERA — a figure that placed it atop every other bullpen in the league.

At the plate, both Turang and Bauers found little traction against San Diego's pitching throughout the series. Turang collected two hits across 16 plate appearances, while Bauers managed three from his 12 trips to the box. Across a span of four outings, Cooper Pratt's work at shortstop included three fielding errors.

San Diego's Padres edged Milwaukee's Brewers by a 4-3 margin in the one game of the series that went against the home side. A Pratt miscue opened the door for the opposing side to push across what became the fourth run of the game.

Milwaukee's victory over a club that had posted one of the stronger records in the league in the weeks before the series opened sends the Brewers into the NLCS, where a place in the World Series will be on the line.