Two National League Division Series second games unfolded at separate venues on Sunday, each producing tense, close playoff baseball. Facing a one-run deficit with the count at two strikes and the series on the line, Chourio laced a two-run base hit off Miller to hand Milwaukee a 4-3 win — their second comeback against San Diego within a span of less than a day — lifting the Brewers to a two-games-to-none lead in the series.
Atlanta pulled level in the series against Los Angeles, winning 3-2 on the strength of its relief corps, after Harris's two-base hit to the outfield in the seventh inning drove home the run that put the Braves in front. Fuentes had retired the opening 11 Dodgers batters he faced without surrendering a walk or a hit.
Game 3 in each of the two matchups is scheduled for Tuesday. San Diego hosts a game that determines whether their postseason run continues, while Atlanta's Chris Sale takes the mound against Los Angeles in a series level at one apiece.
With San Diego ahead 3-2, Miller — a reliever whose work at the back end of close games has become routine at the top tier of the sport — stepped onto the mound targeting a six-out save, something he had not accomplished since 2024. After getting through the eighth inning without any trouble, Miller's control deserted him one batter into the ninth, where consecutive bases on balls to Christian Yelich and Sal Frelick represented the first unintentional free passes he had issued across all his postseason appearances.
Sánchez's bases-loading walk on a full count set the stage for Chourio, who pulled a 101.3 mph fastball up the middle, the ball skipping past Cronenworth's outstretched backhand dive to plate two runners. Of the 40 pitches Miller delivered — his highest total since 2023 — 18 crossed the 100 mph threshold, with the fastest clocking in at 103.5 mph on a delivery that Chourio sent foul.
A go-ahead hit on Milwaukee's final at-bat delivered the victory, though three fielding mistakes had handed San Diego a pair of unearned runs along the way. A two-run home run from Chourio in the ninth drew the teams level in Game 1, pushing his postseason home run total to five — the highest by any player in franchise history — while he also tracked down Ty France's ball off the roof to close out the inning defensively.
Through seven innings, Harris — Atlanta's center fielder — put together a 3-for-4 night at the plate, with a base hit in the third frame, a three-bagger in the fifth, and a two-run double in the seventh driving home a pair of runs for the Braves. With two outs already recorded in the fifth, a ball Harris nudged toward the opposite side of the field slipped past Teoscar Hernández and kept rolling until it became a triple, and then a wild delivery from Kris Bubic allowed Harris to cross the plate and hand Atlanta a 2-1 lead.
Olson crossed the plate on a line drive that split the outfield gap off Henríquez, extending Atlanta's lead with two outs already on the board in the seventh. During Game 3 of the Wild Card series against the Phillies, a three-run home run off Harris's bat had already put runs on the board.
Stepping in from the bullpen, Fuentes kept Atlanta's narrow lead intact through a 3-2 final. With the scoreboard reading 2-1 as he took the mound in the sixth inning, he retired 11 Los Angeles batters in a row, closing out a clean eighth frame by striking out Will Smith and Freddie Freeman back to back.
With two outs already logged for Fuentes in the ninth, a Muncy home run brought the visiting side within one, narrowing the gap to 3-2. A pop-up off the bat from Josue De Paula, induced by Raisel Iglesias, brought the contest to a close.
Atlanta turned to six pitchers in total, with Ray Kerr handling the opening assignment across 2⅔ innings without allowing a run before Fuentes came on to wrap things up. Muncy's home run ended a stretch in which the Dodgers had gone without reaching base from the fifth inning onward, a span that also included eight consecutive plate appearances with runners in scoring position yielding no hits through those first five frames.
Postseason play moves forward with a pair of American League division matchups set for Monday, followed by two National League contests on Tuesday. Game time for the Yankees-Rays matchup on Monday, Oct. 5 is set for 8 p.m. Eastern. Tampa Bay holds a one-game advantage over their opponents after taking the opening contest of the series.
Game one of the postseason series between the Dodgers and Braves is set for 6 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, October 6. Sale takes the ball for Atlanta, while Yamamoto draws the starting assignment for Los Angeles. Also on Tuesday, October 6, Milwaukee travels west to face San Diego, with first pitch set for 9:30 p.m. Eastern. One loss would be enough to close out the Padres' postseason.
