[HIGHLIGHT] JACKSON CHOURIO! WALKS IT OFF! BREWERS GO UP 2-0!

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[u/hypothethical]

Padres fans having to deal with an off-the-top-of-the-stadium fly out and then seeing Mason Miller give up 3 walks and a 2-run walk-off single with 2 outs the next day, wow

[u/IXPhantomXI → u/hypothethical]

Fade me

[u/Morezingis]

6 outs of Miller was greed 

[u/California_Stop_King → u/Morezingis]

Walking the bases loaded is literally a flashing red sign to get the guy the hell out

[u/bigbluethunder → u/California_Stop_King]

Definitely sunk cost. They might’ve burned him for the next game too. And they gave a lot of people an at bat against him, too - let them see his pitches. 

[u/treeeezzzzy → u/bigbluethunder]

40 pitches tonight is a lot of pitches for a closer. . With a short series, games on Tuesday , Wednesday, Friday.
He may only be able to throw one game if they need multiple outs .

[u/RickySuela → u/California_Stop_King]

Especially when the Padres have a bunch of other quality RPs.

[u/high_and_outside → u/RickySuela]

https://giphy.com/gifs/p56rYYTLUX4OvlcuQN
Adrian Morejon in the bullpen

[u/goongas → u/high_and_outside]

Morejon threw 31 pitches over 2 innings yesterday and gave up 3 hits, including the game winning HR. He wasn't going to pitch in this game.

[u/TJFLASH1 → u/goongas]

It’s hilarious the same people talking about Miller being burned for the entire rest of the series apparently think Morejon should’ve pitched today

[u/JeffafaCree → u/high_and_outside]

Saving him for the 10th

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/Morezingis]

I totally get wanting to stick with the most dominant closer in the game

But the hitters were just not biting on the slider like they usually do. He walks the bases loaded. He can’t locate the fastball up. The only pitch he can consistently land for strikes is an extremely diminished slider. His velo is all over the place as he tries to find his control. He’s thrown more pitches than he ever has in his career. The guy who strikes everyone out got his outs on a groundout and pop fly that Vaughn just missed…

Every single sign that a pitcher is drowning was there. The best thing he had going for him was that he kept the Brewers from doing damage for enough time for another reliever to get up, and there was no one throwing. After the second walk, I cannot fathom why you don’t have another guy throwing just in case

[u/cabose7 → u/Morezingis]

He threw 104 to get the K and Chourio fought it off to get a ^somehow manageable 101, you just gotta tip your hat there.

[u/0pyrophosphate0 → u/cabose7]

He smelled his bat after the 104, that's his powerup move.

[u/Foles_Fluffer → u/0pyrophosphate0]

Puig is smiling down from heaven

[u/ChrisIsShortAF → u/cabose7]

Fair, but it was clear he was laboring hard in the 9th. Them sliders were borderline cement mixers. Reminded me of Chapman in 2016 being overworked

[u/someone2795 → u/Morezingis]

They should've pulled him when his command went away.

[u/stuckontwice → u/someone2795]

after he walked 2 straight he should have been pulled.

[u/teewertz → u/Morezingis]

bro thinks hes Grant Taylor 😂

[u/Mamadi-Diakite → u/Morezingis]

The kind you find in the bible

[u/NecessaryDeparture75]

Obviously an amazing at bat by Chourio, but man, Gary Sanchez drawing that walk was clutch.

[u/Foreignwaffles → u/NecessaryDeparture75]

I audibly gasped when I saw him walk out for that AB knowing hed lose the last challenge at minimum

[u/4leafplover → u/NecessaryDeparture75]

Yeli, Frelick, Sanchez. All good ABs

[u/beepingnoise → u/NecessaryDeparture75]

Moved two into scoring position. Huge at bat

[u/Beetsz]

I fucking love playoff baseball.

[u/TylerGlasass20 → u/Beetsz]

It’s the fucking best right?! (Except when our teams give us collective heart attacks)

[u/WhosYuu → u/TylerGlasass20]

The entire bottom of the 9th took a few weeks off my lifespan.

[u/Sports_hysterics → u/Beetsz]

The high drama is absolutely addicting. Come from behind win with the home town fans going absolutely batshit crazy. Playoff baseball is just a different animal.

[u/Dihydrogenmonoxide-_ → u/Beetsz]

Living vicariously through the Brewers right now

That was peak playoff baseball right there. Fuckin A

[u/samurai-mad-mad → u/Dihydrogenmonoxide-_]

I already miss those crowd pops at the bank 

[u/inbigtreble30 → u/Beetsz]

Idk how much more of this my cardiovascular system can handle. A lifetime of cheese curds has ill prepared me for this level of intensity.

[u/asanctarian → u/Beetsz]

IT'S SO MUCH FUN when it's not your team

By which I mean, time for me to have a 3-hour heart attack

[u/jdc131]

Gary Sanchez with the AB of the postseason before that too

[u/allonbacuth → u/jdc131]

Even got his "challenge a pitch that wasn't even close" signature move in, just classic Gary.

[u/RevolutionClean7514 → u/allonbacuth]

Pinch hit him just to make sure we used all our challenges

[u/GuyWithTriangle]

Gary Sanchez legacy at bat to get Chourio to the plate

[u/CPriceRun86 → u/GuyWithTriangle]

Dude is so fucking disciplined in clutch scenarios, pressure means shit

[u/bigfrickenorange → u/CPriceRun86]

You could just see it in his face. I’ve never seen him look that locked in

[u/SoberDrainoDrinker69 → u/GuyWithTriangle]

BUILD HIM A STATUE WORTHY OF THE KRAKEN

[u/Local-Can-5760]

Simply put, that’s a top 3 AB in brewers history

[u/FingerpistolPete → u/Local-Can-5760]

I audibly “WOWWWed” at his 1-2 take on the slider. After just fouling back 104 and taking that slider right after, you just knew he was winning that AB

[u/coolpapa2282 → u/FingerpistolPete]

One of the clutchest takes I've ever seen.

[u/Whatsdota → u/FingerpistolPete]

Dude is only 22. It’s INSANE how clutch he is. Thrives when the pressure is highest

[u/FingerpistolPete → u/Whatsdota]

Yea he’s a very special player, love watching him hit

[u/asanctarian → u/FingerpistolPete]

Locked. In.

[u/furiousdarkelf → u/asanctarian]

I've been watching Churio for a long time, and he never looked as dialed as that at bat. What a player, just absolutely locked in!

[u/atomiczap → u/furiousdarkelf]

I'd put the AB against the Cubs with the 2 run HR up there. He walked up to the plate already knowing he was putting one in the seats.

[u/Endors__Toi → u/FingerpistolPete]

lol me too, i had the exact same feeling that he was gonna walk it off after that take

[u/409yeager → u/Local-Can-5760]

Every walk that inning too.

The brewers saw 28 pitches from Mason Miller in the 9th and didn’t swing at a single pitch out of the zone.

Insane discipline.

[u/WIbigdog → u/409yeager]

Not sure why we had to wait until the 9th to start having proper at bats like we did all season

[u/maknaesensei → u/Local-Can-5760]

Gary's at bat was legendary as well.

[u/lph1235 → u/maknaesensei]

I miss the Kraken

[u/Left4Bread2 → u/lph1235]

Puck drop in 15 minutes

[u/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME → u/maknaesensei]

iamgary

[u/DeepPowStashes → u/Local-Can-5760]

rivals the t plush walk off against the dbacks. it's probably recency bias but this surpasses it

[u/dietcokeandadderall → u/DeepPowStashes]

Expectations are different this time around so yeah, probably, but that T Plush walk off was so incredible especially for what it meant back then. Can still recite the full Uecker call of that one!

[u/Fantastic_Age_4440 → u/Local-Can-5760]

Honoured to watch it live, honoured I can watch stress free

[u/MisterKap]

This Brewer team is so gritty, what a win for them

[u/IllogicalBarnacle → u/MisterKap]

Sal alone has more grit than most rosters

[u/Whatsdota → u/IllogicalBarnacle]

People may not like it but this is what peak Grit looks like

[u/Ok_Assumption_5366]

Baseball Images that Precede Unfortunate Events

[u/FPG_Matthew]

One of the greatest at bats of all time holy shit, his foul off 104 painted down and away was phenomenal.

Playoff baseball is the stuff of legends

[u/yo-itsyaboi → u/FPG_Matthew]

Milwaukee royalty

[u/sokonek04 → u/FPG_Matthew]

And he is under contract until 2031 with club options for 2032 and 2033

[u/BuckyBrewer61 → u/FPG_Matthew]

This October might be Jackson’s coming out party. Kid is announcing his superstardom.

[u/Hold_my_Dirk]

Absolutely incredible at bat. Fouling off 104, laying off the slider, taking it up the middle. That’s one of those at bats that you can feel even as a neutral fan.

[u/sadassnerd → u/Hold_my_Dirk]

Yeah I’m rooting for the Guardians to go all the way but you’ve got to look at the Brewers and just shake your head. Damn good team.

[u/Chemical_Rodent]

HOLY SHIT

WHY DID THEY LET MILLER THROW 40 PITCHES?

[u/TuriGuiliano370 → u/Chemical_Rodent]

He steamrolled through the 8th inning with like 10. No problem, throwing them out there again for the ninth, but they need to have someone warming in the pen as soon as he starts walking dudes.

[u/RickySuela → u/TuriGuiliano370]

Yep. SD has a number of other top quality relief pitchers they could have gone to. They should have had someone warming to start the 9th just in case Miller got into trouble. His control definitely was not the same in the 9th as it was in the 8th.

[u/Apocalympdick → u/TuriGuiliano370]

They needed to have someone warming regardless of what was happening. He has a single 6 out save in his career, it's uncharted territory, and they can't even be bothered to throw him a lifeline.

[u/Epochalyptic → u/Chemical_Rodent]

Morejon got completely rocked yesterday by the Brewers, the box score doesn't reflect how badly they were teeing off on him with hard contact after hard contact.

It was going to be Miller for 6 outs, Adam in the 8th, or one of their noticeably worse arms. Knowing that, it's understandable.

[u/TatisToucher → u/Chemical_Rodent]

Game 2 is must win. Miller, Morejon, doesn’t matter. Chourio was winning in the 9th

[u/Phatferd → u/TatisToucher]

It never should have got to him, they needed to have someone ready after he walked the bases loaded. I get it though, you ride your horse.

[u/ahugedilemma]

Brewers are just really, really relentless

[u/Gryphon999 → u/ahugedilemma]

Peck peck, motherfuckers 

[u/Endors__Toi]

on one of the replays you can see a father and son making a memory together right behind home plate. awesome shit

[u/Petta_Potta]

Peak game for neutrals

[u/BuddyValuable961]

Brewers showing why they won 103 games and the best record

[u/IllogicalBarnacle → u/BuddyValuable961]

But “it’s an 8 inning game”

[u/MolestedMilkMan]

holy shit WHAT A GAME. My condolences padres fans cause what the hell were these first two games.

[u/kami232 → u/MolestedMilkMan]

We're so cursed.

[u/Cobruh → u/kami232]

Roof was open too. Just bad luck I guess.

[u/Apocalympdick → u/Cobruh]

If this goes to game 5 you guys should absolutely close the roof for the psychological edge.

[u/masterfain → u/MolestedMilkMan]

Just burned millers arm too for a walk off. Rough for the padres.

[u/improbablywronghere → u/masterfain]

No one can say “let’s pull miller” but I feel like even morejon on one days rest would have been nice there. Or bring in some starter for the 9th. Dude walked 3 in the 9th and nothing was happening in the bullpen at all.

[u/bob_boo_lala → u/MolestedMilkMan]

I'm never going to recover from thie

[u/Whatsdota]

I only just started seriously paying attention to baseball this season. My god I get why you guys love this sport.

[u/Fratil → u/Whatsdota]

No other sport can come close to building the level of slow tension and instant release you can get in baseball.

[u/Whatsdota → u/Fratil]

That’s exactly what I texted to my buddy who got me into it. The slow burn leading up to Chourio’s at bat had me shaking I was so nervous. I can imagine the heartbreak when it goes the other way but my god, absolute magic when players make it happen

[u/dyslexda → u/Whatsdota]

I can imagine the heartbreak when it goes the other way

Brewers have had plenty of that the last ten years or so, hopefully your first season as a fan doesn't get it lmao...

[u/FingerpistolPete → u/Whatsdota]

Even better when that player is the guy everyone expects to come through in the clutch. The stadium was ROCKING when he walked up to the plate

[u/yo-itsyaboi → u/Whatsdota]

Welcome aboard. Every season is a roller coaster.

[u/xJamesio → u/Whatsdota]

Greatest sport of all

How can you not be romantic about baseball

[u/TheDangiestSlad]

fuck yeah Gary Sanchez setting it up with a huge walk

[u/amatom27 → u/TheDangiestSlad]

Sal too. This team just doesn't die

[u/bigbobo33 → u/amatom27]

There have been countless times this season where I see the team is down at the eighth, be resigned and go do something else and I get a notification they won.

This team is one of the most resilient in the league this year.

[u/altoidcrusher → u/amatom27]

Sal coming in today and playing well after a tough season. Good at bats. And that throw to 3rd! So glad they let that shoulder have the rest. I'm floored.

[u/doublegoldendragon → u/TheDangiestSlad]

Those last couple at bats were both pitched and batted brilliantly

Peak postseason baseball

The focus will be on the batting because of the outcome, but the 2-0 and 2-1 sliders to Sanchez were filthy

[u/FingerpistolPete → u/doublegoldendragon]

Also, it amazes me how bad Wainwright and AJ are. “Oh, those are bad sliders. He’s not meaning to do that.” While he’s landing that same exact shape for strikes multiple times. “Chourio acting like he was on that 104..” Then he laces the fb for the game winner. Get them out of the booth.

How in the world are are two big league pitcher and catcher vets saying this stupid shit

[u/oconnellt7 → u/FingerpistolPete]

The whole HR off the roof thing was them too. Rules are plain as day even if was going to be a HR

[u/pepperouchau → u/TheDangiestSlad]

I was praying for the Sanchize walk off bomb for all the people watching who forgot he was even still in the league

[u/sloppyjo12]

This is what October baseball is about

[u/yo-itsyaboi]

If I could inject playoff baseball into my veins I would.

[u/sktyrhrtout]

Unbelievable at bat. I don't know how you stand up there so confident against Miller but Chourio looked like he knew the script.

[u/PJCR1916 → u/sktyrhrtout]

You kinda just knew it when he fouled off 104. That shit was Soto-esque. Chourio is an assassin

[u/NamelessRedMage → u/PJCR1916]

Not only fouled it off, but was pissed that he felt he just missed it. 99% of batters would be thanking their deity of choice that they got any of that pitch at all not thinking they could have done better.

[u/PJCR1916 → u/NamelessRedMage]

Yup. The reaction to me is why it felt so Soto-like. And then he laid off that slider because he knew he was being set up for it.

[u/mattychefthatbih → u/sktyrhrtout]

It’s only been a couple years but it’s safe to say Chourio is one of the ELITE postseason performers in the game

[u/NitecapFG → u/mattychefthatbih]

Doing that against Miller seals that. Holy hell what a finish.

[u/BibFortuna2830 → u/mattychefthatbih]

He's only 22 and he's already the best post-season position player I have ever watched for the Brewers over the past 25 years.

[u/kyleb402 → u/mattychefthatbih]

And we really need it because everyone else has mostly shrunk in giant moments.

[u/Whatsdota → u/kyleb402]

Yelich not having a playoff RBI in 8 years is wild

[u/Mongoose151 → u/sktyrhrtout]

He is always so good when the pressure is on.

[u/ThomPinecone → u/Mongoose151]

It’s mind blowing how much he wants the moment

[u/Dinoswarleaf → u/sktyrhrtout]

I don't know how the fuck he took the curveball. Like 1000% beyond my understanding to have that much composure

[u/sktyrhrtout → u/Dinoswarleaf]

It looked like that might have got to Miller too. That was not a bad slider at all, started out exactly like a strike. Gotta make you sweat when you see the batter spit on something that good.

[u/dabears_dapression → u/sktyrhrtout]

that 104 pitch he just got a piece of to foul off with 2 strikes is so huge now, holy shit.

[u/Objective_Cod1410]

Chourio is the most clutch player I've ever seen. His rookie year game 2 vs the Mets he had two game tying HR both oppo, both with two strikes.

[u/Awman36 → u/Objective_Cod1410]

I remember absolutely dreading seeing him come to the plate. Without Pete, he's the one everyone remembers from that series. What an absolute stud.

[u/ImHereForBaseball]

I have no horse in this race and this series has been RIVETING

[u/s_bub]

[u/UNKNOWait]

Damn.

[u/doublegoldendragon]

WHAT A FINISH

Just like 2024 Clase

No matter how good a reliever is in the regular season, there's always a chance they'll be vulnerable in the postseason

[u/Vimmortality → u/doublegoldendragon]

Chourio fouling off that 104mph fastball on the corner to stay alive then walk it off. What a finish indeed.

[u/Blechhotsauce → u/Vimmortality]

Fouls off 104 and then lays off the slider falling out of the zone on the next pitch. Sicko.

[u/SocksandSmocks → u/Blechhotsauce]

That slider was so nasty too, unreal take

[u/RickySuela → u/doublegoldendragon]

Especially when you push them that far with a 6 out save

[u/FeelsGoodMan2 → u/doublegoldendragon]

I think there's somethin to be said that managers nowadays never really test their arms and then just throw em out there in the biggest games and say "Hey so go throw twice as much as we've asked you to ever throw for us".

[u/YourBarelyWetSock → u/doublegoldendragon]

So weird how teams insist on using closers for 2 innings in the postseason when it seems to always fuck them over. Especially dudes who don't normally go 2 innings.

[u/RhombusOfTerror636 → u/doublegoldendragon]

Well uh there was a reason Clase wasn't good

[u/RealPutin → u/RhombusOfTerror636]

I agree, we should suspend Mason Miller for next season just to be safe

[u/astrothemorkie → u/doublegoldendragon]

Makes me even more grateful for 2022 Ryan Pressly

[u/b1ggayb1tch]

He really walked Gary Sanchez to get to Chourio…

[u/amatom27]

No way Sal was stopping lmao

[u/IllogicalBarnacle → u/amatom27]

Sal would’ve trucked him if necessary

[u/MilmoWK → u/amatom27]

[u/Own-Rooster-9569]

CHOURIO IS THE GOAT

[u/BrianMeen → u/Own-Rooster-9569]

22 year old guy .. oh my

[u/DoctorUber]

This dude might be a little good at baseball.

[u/isitatomic]

Hot damn!! This matchup is fuckin electrifying.

Thanks for making playoff baseball feel like playoff baseball.

[u/BornNerd78]

Manny "The Imbecile" Machado making the third out at third base really made a difference after all.

[u/IllogicalBarnacle → u/BornNerd78]

He’s too busy plotting to spike someone again

[u/Aperio43]

What makes this even more impressive on the Brewers' end is that the only hit that inning was the final one. This is how they won 103 games

[u/Bournerounderz]

Wow I can't believe the Brewers pulled that off. If you're the Padres tho, you can't have any regrets. You had to go with your best arm.

[u/Chuy_3 → u/Bournerounderz]

Dude was throwing 101, 102, 104 for to Chourio. What an electric at bat.

Poor Pads man.

[u/MythicSoul115]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9EvnXdZaUZbCqScn67

[u/kami232 → u/MythicSoul115]

It really was.

I fucking hate being on the wrong end of it. But it really was.

[u/Dihydrogenmonoxide-_]

Unbelievable finish. Clutch as fuck at bats by the guys on base and Chourio...holy shit dude. Taking that slider with 2 strikes and the sitting on that pitch.

Wow

[u/CountPhantom_YT]

It's over man, we deserve it for our shit talking

I knew this shit would happen

[u/BrianMeen]

I can’t imagine being in thy stadium as a brewers fan.. what a rush

[u/Not1v9again]

Miller didn't have the FB until the last AB and then Chourio caught up to 104 can't throw a 101 in the zone after that. Hell of an AB though

[u/riddo492]

6 out saves in the bin

This guy is unreal

[u/JewishSpace_Laser]

The tension and then release in the stands was amazing.  Reminds me of Bautista batflip moment in the 2015 ALDS and Springer’s home run in 2025 ALCS.  Love playoff baseball 

[u/jivves]

Fucking insane end to the game, Brewers are true fighters

[u/Evangelosian]

Mason Miller WISHES he was Grant Taylor

What an AB by Chourio. Fouling off 104 to stay alive.

[u/Imjustbrowsing93]

I miss this playoff crowd energy 🥹

[u/leftysarepeople2]

Best team in the world doesn’t know how to quit

[u/Odd-Comfortable-1939]

[u/Zapplarang]

Maybe 6-out save isn’t the move

[u/ThePart_Timer]

I fuckin love this team

[u/Pillownanners]

FULLY accepted we lost this game

[u/Pandemic_Academic]

Leaving miller in there for so long was going to burn the Padres eventually

[u/exick]

big papi just said this at-bat the san diego padres are gonna remember forever. not sure he's wrong about that

[u/SilentAcoustic]

This series is fucking peak holy shit LMAO

[u/PatchesTheGreat1]

PLAYOFF BASEBALL BABY
https://giphy.com/gifs/axu6dFuca4HKM

[u/xEvinous]

[u/-Goddefiled]

Playoff baseball, when you get nervous watching teams you don’t even root for lol

[u/Epochalyptic → u/-Goddefiled]

You knew whoever lost this game the fanbase was going to be devastated. Playoff baseball hits different.

[u/PleaseSirOneMoreTurn]

Baseball is so peak.

[u/dusters]

My 22 yo fucking king

[u/skiptracer8]

One of the loudest crowd reactions I've ever heard...maybe they just miced the crowd more, but you can barely hear the playcall.

[u/Methamine]

I love when the hitters are feeling the moment but aren’t scared. This reminded me of sotos AB for the HR against the Indians

[u/Dazzling_Vanilla3082 → u/Methamine]

Dude literally said in a post game interview earlier this year after a clutch hit "Sometimes I feel like I was born for these moments." Fucking iconic, he really has no fear.

[u/XII_Shadows]

Playoff baseball is the best sport

[u/TylerGlasass20]

Goddamn what a brutal way to lose

[u/Static-Stair-58 → u/TylerGlasass20]

You see the faces on the Padres players? No way they come back. Back breaking inning

[u/Malourbas → u/Static-Stair-58]

Yeah it’s over

[u/maddog107]

NOOOOOOO AHHHH

[u/SolusGT]

One of the greatest ABs I’ve ever seen

[u/wrestlingchampo]

I just had a feeling that Miller really needed to get Gary Sanchez out.

40 pitches at that point, but its not like he wasnt still throwing straight gas either.

Just, a tremendous hit by a tremendous hitter against the best closer in the game.

[u/theycallmeMrPotter]

Gary the unsung hero 🏆

[u/own-photo-4642]

I love this team, all Dawgs.

[u/EatMyWetBread]

Hooooolllyyy shit that crowd pop is nuts. Shout out to their fans.

[u/Crawsack]

Build the goddamn statue already for him. That kid has ice in his veins.

[u/K1NG0492]

guess he becomes human when you make him pitch 2 innings

[u/Reiketsu_Nariseba]

Their patience at the plate today made all the difference. Fuck yeah.

[u/pzycho]

“If he dies, he dies” move by the Padres there

[u/Kingfaydonk]

Guess they didn’t learn from the Phillies trying the same thing with Duran for 6 outs.

[u/shah_of-iran]

I feel like, historically speaking, the Brewers have been on the losing end of games like this and Game 1, but maybe the tide has truly turned.

[u/FriedRiceJutsu]

I’m the biggest brewers hater you’ll come across but damn respect to Chourio

[u/AimlessMillennium]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dBGi39HzazuTV21S15

[u/HokageEzio]

What a ballsy at bat oh my god

[u/hoglaws]

Man. That was a fucking awesome game.

[u/fiftiethcow]

They do not die. Great game

[u/ZeroXtreme18]

nothing beats playoff baseball

[u/Lego349]

[u/Rough_Bus7262]

Weeeee!!! Good thing the roof was open today!!

[u/SantosCalzonesBatman]

6 out save is biblical levels of greed