Last Night in Baseball: The Padres Clinched a Postseason Spot in Extras
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Sure, there were just three MLB games on Monday night as the league prepares for its final week of the regular season, but that doesn’t mean there wasn't anything worth recapping. The Brewers and Padres, for one, had an 11-inning, back-and-forth nail biter, with San Diego not only coming out on top in the end, but clinching a postseason spot in the process.
The Padres got on the board first, scoring on a balk, but Caleb Durbin tied it up for the Brewers in the top of the second before Christian Yelich drove in a pair of runners with a single. Jose Iglesias hit a second-deck home run in the fifth to cut the lead to 3-2, and then it was Luis Arraez’s turn in the seventh:
Both teams would remain scoreless for a few frames after that. Bryce Johnson did his part in making that the case in the ninth, with Yelich up again: he lashed a ball into left that easily could have been extra bases if it got past Johnson, but instead, a diving stop made it into the first out of the inning.
Milwaukee countered with their own Brice in the 10th — Brice Turang. Sal Frelick hit a ball up the middle that Iglesias snagged with a nifty little spin move on the grass, but Turang was nearly halfway home before Iglesias could fire off a throw. He beat the tag, and the Brewers were up 4-3.
Temporarily, however. Gavin Sheets would drive in a run on a ground out in the bottom of the 10th, scoring Arraez and extending the game to the 11th. Reliever Bradgley Rodriguez entered into the game and held


