Full Inning: Brewers' Garrett Mitchell Saves Game With Insane Grab As Padres Try to Rally

StatCast 3D powered by Google Cloud, the last San Diego hit in this game, all the way back in the third, a 429-foot from Tatis for the only San Diego run of the night. They have generated almost nothing since, just three base runners since the Tatis home run led off the third, and now it's Abner Uribe, power pitcher against some power hitters, in this bottom of the eighth as the Milwaukee Brewers can see the finish line to baseball's final four here's Tatis and if San Diego is going to do anything AJ it's got to be now it's got to happen now top of the order the only guys who have done anything all day the one two three spots in your order you gotta do it here strike one to Tatis one and one the count and not saying that after Machado you can't score a couple runs if you're the Padres but the task just gets tougher and tougher because McGill's going to be in this game and he's been virtually unhittable just off the plate from Uribe credit to Aaron Ashby with three outstanding hitless innings of relief just a couple of walks and look at the Brewers bullpen top three in all of baseball number one in the National League and boy they looked the part in this set the 2-1 to Tatis you talked about familiarity earlier they've seen Uribe a couple times this series already as well and the one thing Uribe cannot do walk you got to make him hit the ball it's a walk to Tatis two bring the tying run to the plate here in the eighth inning the Contreras wanted to challenge two of those pitches and because they're out he could challenge neither and he's a little frustrated but use them up early i think that one was low anyways but that one was low the one earlier in the count was not though you see the frustration from Contreras smacking the glove. But some of that's on him. It is. Some of that's on him. Huge walk right there. Contreras has missed five challenges in this series as the catcher. Milwaukee's out. Tatis aboard. And Jackson Merrill is the tying run at the plate. He was trying to tie this game with one swing. And that's where Abner's going to have success, sinking that ball. Jackson's a good down ball and a strike hitter. But what you can do with people who love the ball down, you can exploit that and throw it just under the zone and don't chase it. Arribe's looking for a ground ball double play right here. He's saying, I'm going to sink it. I'm going to slide it down under the zone, get a ball, try to get him to roll it over to Bryce Turang and turn a 4-6-3 double play. Swing from Jackson Merrill. He went around, and it's 1-2. In these big situations, you know this, you pitch late, hitters get anxious, and you can take advantage of that, and that's what Arribe did right here. He's got Merrill out of his first three pitches to swing at two that are out of the strike zone. Everybody wants to be the hero. Now, will he recognize that here and bounce another one? He's got pitches to waste if he wants to. The one-two. Merrill catches up to the fastball and fouls it away. Well, that wasn't a strike either, though. It's not, but it's more in the realm of something he could get the barrel to. Yeah, but Arribe is not very good. I don't believe it elevating the ball. If he could elevate a heater to Merrill, he'd probably punch his ticket, but his game is down in the zone, sinking and sliding it. Slides it. Swing and a miss for strike three, and Merrill's down Milwaukee's five defensive outs away now it's Machado that's what we said a guy who likes the ball down you can exploit that by throwing it a little lower Jackson as you pointed out looking to make a big swing you take aggressiveness against him right there great job executing by Arribe he threw zero strikes Arribe to Machado strike one a well-dotted dotted fastball on the outside corner. San Diego does have both of its remaining ABS challenges at the plate. To swing. Sends it out to center. Mitchell back. That was the Adam Jones WBC. Remember that one? Yes. That's almost the same spot. That's a homer. Except it's not. Garrett Mitchell said, no, sir. Man, he's right away. He thinks he's got it. Look at the fans. Oh, he took it from him. of 2017 and Adam Jones and that was Manny too that was Manny swing too he crushed one in the WBC for the Dominican Republic and Adam Jones took a homer away this time it's Mitchell in the 2026 playoffs France check swing foul it's one and one he's saying tie game he's ready to throw the confetti no incredible moment a hold your breath moment one and two on France there's the slider i mean it look it it's an out but that's why you can't walk people in front of great hitters there's Manny that ball's down and in and he just got inside it elevated it took it to right center incredible hitting well we've seen some defense this series He cannot, Manny Machado cannot believe it. He was thinking tie game, here we go, chance to go back to Milwaukee for game five, and Mitchell said not so fast. Now Ari trying to put France away and put away the eighth. France pops it up, tough spot, Terrain is there as Powers hit the deck, and Terrain makes the catch in foul territory. but Petco Park's right center field wall has seen Manny Machado send some shots oh almost identical to nearly a decade ago Garrett Mitchell denies Machado and the Brewers are three defensive outs away