Brewers vs. Cubs NL Division Series Game 3 Highlights (10/8/25) | MLB Highlights

The Chicago Cubs have already survived one elimination game here this postseason, getting through the wild card round in a game three against San Diego. Can they do it again? One big hit, one home run can turn the entire series around. Cubs are looking for that magic here at Wrigley. Those Brewers, they are going to have to deal with Jamison Tyon, who might be the best starter over the later stages of the season for the Chicago Cubs. Oh, he might be the best starter left for the Chicago Cubs. He's a guy that's a pro's pro. You know he's not going to get nervous in this situation. Elimination game in the wild card series, he went four scoreless. And they're hoping that Priester, their starter for today's game, it was usually win day when he started this year for the Brewers, 12 consecutive winning decisions. When you think of Jamison Tyon and what he can do, he was on the injured list twice. So he might be the strongest right now without the full body of work this summer. Only the third career playoff start for Jamison Tyon. 29 homers, 103 runs batted in for Jelich during the regular season. Leading the Brewers in both categories and he has a base hit right off the hop. Up the right field line, Jelich digging for two. It's a lead off double. Well, Jelich gets the Brewers going. The pitch first is a breaking ball right in the middle of the plate. Jelich reaches out and gets out right down the line, goes right over the bag. And the Brewers have started well again. Here's Jackson Churio. What a series it's been. An explosive series. Five for seven, a double, a homer, six runs batted in. Churio grounds one to third. Jelich has to stay put at second. As Shaw makes the put out. Churio not able to get that ball to the right side to advance Jelich and have a productive at bat. Good pitching by Tyon. Four scoreless innings in the clincher against San Diego in the wildcard round. They need that kind of effort here today. As Terang lays off and it's a five pitch walk. That'll bring up William Contreras. They'll walk, they have the humble approach, take the base hit, had nine singles in game number one, but they can also go deep. Contreras pops it up. Where is it? Nobody sees it. It might fall, it does! Taking off from first is Terang. Nobody's at second base. Everybody's safe. Late afternoon sun at Wrigley Field. And now Craig Thompson wants to know why the infield fly rule wasn't in effect. And the umpire's gonna say no one had a beat on the ball at all. You don't call the infield fly rule until you're sure that it's playable, that it's gonna be played. But Michael Bush never saw it off the bat. He put his arms in the air. And then no play at second because they couldn't get the outfield of Pete Crow Armstrong in the second base. You see his arms up? I cannot see it. We knew that this sun would play havoc early and it's cost the Cubs and put them in trouble. Big time trouble. Base is loaded, one out. Sal Freelick, the road team, has scored first in the first two games. Problem is, after the Cubs did that in Milwaukee, the Brewers came right back. As Freelick flies one to left, that might get a run home. Ian Happ drifting over, makes the catch. Yellich tags from third. Throw home, not in time. One-nothing Milwaukee on a sack fly from Freelick. Well, there's the productive at bat by the misplay by the Cubs, by Freelick. And now Caleb Durbin bats. And Durbin with a fly ball to center. But Pete Crow Armstrong is there. And he will make the catch. But the game begins on a very bizarre note. The Cubs take on the 25-year-old Quinn Priester from just across the way, about 20 miles from here at Wrigley Field, making his postseason debut for the Milwaukee Brewers. This is the fourth time he's faced the Cubs this year. First time, four and a third gave up seven runs. But his last two, 10 innings, only three runs allowed. Michael Bush back in the starting lineup for Chicago. Remember, came off the bench in game two. Bush with a drive, right field. Freelick goes back to the track, to the wall. Tie game! Bush, a lead-off bomb once again. In a postseason where Chicago has not seen reliable offense, Michael Bush delivers. In game two, Suzuki had a three-run home run that was answered by Andrew Vaughn. The Brewers score a run on a missed pop-up. And Bush turns it right around with one swing. There have been fireworks early in every game of this series. What an ending to the season Bush has had. He has been red-hot of late. His third home run in this 2025 postseason, his second lead-off home run in this series. Horner now with a count of two and two. Nikko hitting .368 in postseason play. Horner with a line drive up the middle for a base hit. Again, another cutter that just spins in the middle of the plate. Nice hitting by Horner. Bullet up the middle. Now can the Cubs get a runner in scoring position? That's been a big challenge this series. Just four at-bats with a runner in scoring position. And ball four. So a homer, a single, and now a walk. So for Quinn Priester again, it's been a long time since he's worked. Trying to harness the emotions of his first postseason appearance, pitching at a ballpark that he came to as a fan, as a kid. 40,000 Cubs fans in full throat. And he's yet to retire a batter. Suzuki to right field. Curling towards the corner. Freelick slides and comes up with the catch. Sal Freelick with a tremendous catch and right. That saves a run. Takes an extra base hit away from Suzuki. And results in a huge first out. Well, this Milwaukee defense has been bailing out its pitchers all season long. What a play. One of the only ballparks where down the right and left field line, it bays out and it plays deeper. And he made it all the way to the line. Sliding catch. That's the only way you can make that play. You can't run full board because you'll run straight into the wall. And Ian takes outside ball four. Horner's still at third. Hamp gets the walk. Let's see what Pat Murphy, the manager, wants to do with Carson Kelly coming up. One-two to Kelly. Swing and a miss. He struck him out. He went to the slider and he strikes out Carson Kelly for round number two. Well, but that's the best slider he has thrown so far in this first inning. Bottom drops out of it. And the speed, change in the speed fooled Kelly there. Despite the number of pitches, this is a successful inning. If somehow he gets through Pete Crow Armstrong. 0 for 4 in game two. Pete Crow Armstrong delivers with a base hit to right. That'll score two and the Cubs have the lead in game three. Contact oriented indeed by Pete Crow Armstrong. Another cutter that sits right in the middle of the plate. A bullet to right field off the bat of Crow Armstrong. It's also going to cost Priester his place in the game. Wrigley Field is alive and so are the Cubs. A 3-1 lead and Priester unable to get through the first. Milwaukee used seven pitchers in game two of this series and Nick Mears will come on to pitch for the Brewers. Hansby Swanson at the plates. A three-time All-Star. And there goes Pete Crow Armstrong and the ball gets away all the way to the backstop. That'll score a run. Ian Happ scampers home on the wild pitch. Traffic for the Cubs making things happen. Attempting a steal. You saw Contreras coming out of his crouch early to try to throw that ball and wasn't able to handle it on his backhand. A late start by Happ but plenty of time to get in there with the fourth run. Exactly what Craig Council was looking for. Chaos for the Cubs offensively. Another payoff and Swanson lays off for ball four. Matt Shaw looking for his first hit this postseason. This would be a good time for it. Swing and a miss and a fastball up and in and Mears finally retires the side. After a long wait, Jennison Tyle returns to work facing 7-8-9 here for Milwaukee. The Cubs leading 4-1. Powers walked in his only plate appearance as a pinch hitter in game one and he chops one up the middle. Swanson was shifted that way. One gone. How about a Baker's dozen? Ball boy in the third base, Camerwell or ball man, they should say, getting a workout. Well, this is some at bat, some battle between Tyone and Lockridge. J-Mo's pitch count, that's the only thing you worry about, his pitch count. Now it's fine. He's at 37 pitches here in the second inning. And now the payoff. Swing and a miss. He got him. Took something off. And Lockridge finally strikes out after a lengthy battle. Tyone was able to come back on the hitters, didn't walk anyone, retired one on a ground ball and one on that strikeout. That pitch, swing and a miss, strike three. Back to back strikeouts for Jamison Tyone. Now for Quintana, you know, everybody has to be ready this time of year, but you're thrust into this where you have to eat some innings. Suzuki tries one towards the gap. It's down for a base hit. And off the Ivy. A lead off double for Suzuki in the home half of the third. I don't think we've seen anybody in the last nine or 10 games for Suzuki hit the ball any harder. Takes outside ball four. Here is Pete Crow Armstrong. It was his base hit that snapped the one-to-one tie and gave the Cubs the lead. The next pitch, check swing, it's low and outside and strike three. Crow Armstrong thought he checked. Third base umpire Blakeney said he swung. That's about as angry as we've ever seen Pete Crow Armstrong. And he is still jawing long range at Blakeney. That's the last thing Cubs need is for Pete to get thrown out of the game. We're getting another look at it here. And I think he did check his swing. Yeah, he did. He did not swing. It was a bad call by Blakeney. It was not good, yeah. So that's out number two. And the batter is Dansby Swanson. Let's see if Dansby can come through. It's a ground ball, sharply hit to short. Ortiz gobbles it up, throws to first in time and retires Swanson. And Quintana works around the lead off double and strands a pair in the bottom of the third. For the hitters too, you know, in all the practice, this is not a normal time to see the ball out of the hitting background. They sit to left by Frelick, past a diving Shaw at third. And Durbin lines one to right. Back-to-back opposite field hits for the Brewers and they have something cooking here in the fourth. Well, this team can really string hits together. We talked before, they don't chase a lot. They don't swing a lot. But when they swing, they make contact. Bring up Jake Bowers. Only his second career playoff start. Up the middle from Bowers, a base hit. Frelick around third, he will score. Throw to third, not in time. As Durbin slides in safely going first to third on the RBI single from Bowers. And the Brewers have cut it down to two. Again, just stringing these hits together, working the at-bat did Bowers. Finally gets a fastball up in the strike zone and delivers with the third straight base hit. And look at Frelick who can fly. He's going to score easily. Trailing by a couple of runs, still being aggressive on the base pass. And Tyone's in trouble here. Lockridge has so much speed that you're not assured of a double play, even with the ball on the ground. The last three hitters, all three wound up singling. Lockridge lays down a bunt, it's a squeeze play. Toss home, they have Durbin in a rundown. Kelly to Shaw, who runs down the line, makes a shovel play to Bush. And he will finally get the tumbling Durbin for the outs. Well, this is a safety squeeze by Lockridge. And what does that mean? He is bunting, and if it's a good enough bunt, then the runner on third should come home. But he bunted it too hard, so Durbin should have probably stayed at third base. But they end up with the same situation because in a great rundown by Durbin, both runners advanced to second and third anyway. Great job by Caleb, staying in that rundown as long as he did. So now it's second and third, two out. And Joey Ortiz, the batter. Swing and a bouncing ball, one hop to third. Shaw has it, throws to first to get him. Out number three. The Brewers get a run on three hits. They leave two. And the Cubs have had the better of the Brewers so far. We head to the seventh golden hour here in Chicago on a perfect night for post-season baseball. Andrew Kittredge out of the bullpen. At first pitch, it's Jake Bowers lifting this ball to left field. Hap goes back, that ball is gone! Jake Bowers with an opposite field shot. And the Brewers are within one. Jake Bowers having himself a night here in Wrigley. A solo blast, it is four to three, Cubs. Bowers has driven in a pair here tonight for the Brewers. You know, you were talking about the swirling wind that can happen here. That ball was aided and blown out of here by the wind. Bowers got a good piece of it, but it stayed in the air a lot longer than it looked off the bat. And here come the Brewers. Another wrinkle in the plot and a must win for Chicago. Isaac Collins is the pinch hitter. Swung and a miss, there it was, Ron. Exactly as you said, a low inside slider, swung on and missed. He probably chased ball four. Perkins rolls over on one. Horner makes the put out. Lineup will turn over, here's Yelich. You know, Bowers led off this inning with that home run to left field. Yelich has tremendous power to left field as well. Ground ball back to the mound, fielded by Kittredge. Underhands to Bush in time. Inning over, Milwaukee gets a run on the home run by Bowers. But the Cubs lead four three in the middle of the seventh. One of those classic scenes here at Wrigley Field in Chicago in October. And they get a hit here with one out from Nico Horner. Rounding first, staying put, one out single. And Horner's second hit of the night. Kyle Tucker singled his last time as he bats here with a runner on and one out. And Tucker puts this in to right. Back to back hits for Chicago as they look for some insurance. And Pat Murphy is out of the dugout for the Brewers with a power threat of Seiya Suzuki coming to the plate. Patrick, a former fourth round pick of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Another two-two. And Suzuki with a bouncing ball, left side. There's one, not the second. Andrew Monasterio just into the game, had to wait for that hop. They got the out at second. Nico Horner gets the third. Well, good hustle by Suzuki. So now Ian Happ batting from the left side. Runners at the corners, two out. Swing and a miss, he struck him out. Breaking ball down below the zone. Half went fishing. And Patrick strands a pair in a scoreless seventh inning for the crew. Nervous energy galore in front of a packed house here at Wrigley. First pitch swinging Jackson Churio. Pete Crow Armstrong dives, can't come up with it. And it'll be a lead off double for Jackson Churio. The Brewers have the tying run in scoring position here in the eighth. Pete Crow Armstrong has made so many highlight plays all season long. Almost comes up with this one. Just tips off the end of his glove. And now Bryce Terang will face the lefty, Caleb Bealbar. Swing and a miss, strike three. Terang strikes out for a huge out number one. Bealbar, a sharp breaking ball gets him. William Cohn terraced the bat. Low, ball four. Bealbar, go ahead run is on base for Sal Frelick. Sack fly, a base hit, and a ground out for Frelick as he faces Bealbar. Frelick, roller up the middle. Horner to his right, makes the flip for one. The throw to first, not in time. Frelick can't fly, and he beats it out at first. I mean, there aren't many double play combos that can even make this close. Good job by Horner to get it to Swanson, the strong arm. But too much speed by Frelick. It is now three and oh. And the pitch, ball four. Durbin, a four pitch walk. So the tension has ratcheted up another level. Jake Bowers at the plate. Bowers having a big game has already singled and homered. And he's the left handed batter. Base is loaded now, two down. Cubs lead four, three, eighth inning. Listen to this crowd. The one, two pitch. Swing and a miss, strike three. The Brewers leave the bases loaded with a tying run 90 feet away. Now the Brewers go to their bench. Andrew Vaughn, who had a homer early in game two after the Cubs went up three nothing. Andrew Vaughn promptly answered. Cubs leading four to three, Brad Keller on the mound. And Vaughn with a fly ball to right center. Suzuki comes over to make the catch. Two outs for Brad Keller and the Cubs to survive for one more night. Here's the three, two. Swing and a miss, strike three. Out number two. That was gas in the outside corner. He just reared back and threw it right past him. That is a big pitch for Keller. The noise is deafening at Wrigley Field. The Brewers are down to their last chance. Christian Yelich at the plate. Yelich a hard hit ball to second. Horner makes the play and the Cubs survive. The Chicago Cubs stave off elimination and force a game four tomorrow night. Talked a lot about the Brewers bullpen. What a job by the bullpen tonight for the Cubbies. Five innings, only one run allowed. And this beautiful play by Horner to his left. That ball was scalded and he gets the final out. The two out hit in the first inning by Pete Cole Armstrong led to turn the tide of this series. They fly the W, they play go Cubs go. And for the second time, the Cubs survive an elimination game here at home.