Philadelphia Phillies at Milwaukee Brewers

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Philadelphia Phillies

91-61, 39-35 Away

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Milwaukee Brewers

88-64, 44-30 Home

Jake Bauers hits game-ending single to lift NL Central-clinching Brewers to 2-1 win over Phillies

Bauers' hit off Phillies closer Carlos Estévez (4-5) scored Jackson Chourio, who had tripled.

“I think the vibe in the clubhouse all day was, that's great that we (clinched), but we need to win this game," Bauers said. “It was intense, man, it was intense. You could feel the pressure."

Milwaukee closer Devin Williams (1-0) struck out Alec Bohm, Bryson Stott and Brandon Marsh in order in the ninth.

Milwaukee clinched its second straight division title and made the playoffs for the sixth time in the last seven seasons by virtue of Oakland Athletics Wednesday. Chicago is still fighting for a wild card.

Milwaukee’s Freddy Peralta, making his career-high 31st start of the season, allowed one run on two hits in five innings, striking out nine and walking two.

Philadelphia starter Aaron Nola, second in the NL in innings pitched, went seven innings, allowing one run on three hits while striking out nine and walking one. He had given up 10 earned runs in nine innings in his previous two starts.

“My command was pretty good, I was getting early outs,” Nola said.

“They're definitely a grinding team. Just trying to execute my pitches and get first-pitch strikes and get the leadoff guy out.”

The teams struck out 28 times combined.

Phillies batters struck out 16 times Tuesday and 16 times Wednesday.

“Two really good teams, low scoring, tight games," Philadelphia manager Rob Thomson said. "Those are the games you certainly like to win and hate to lose.”

Milwaukee took the series, winning 6-2 on Monday. Philadelphia won 5-1 on Tuesday.

Bohm gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead in the second inning with his first home run since Aug. 15.

Rhys Hoskins’ 25th homer tied the game in the fifth inning. The former Phillie also doubled.

“Are you surprised? Of course you're not surprised," Hoskins said of the come-from-behind win. "That's what we've been doing all year.”

Milwaukee right-hander Joe Ross allowed a single and a walk upon taking over for Peralta to start the sixth inning. But Ross retired Nick Castellanos and Bohm before being replaced by left-hander Jared Koenig, who got Stott to ground out on the first pitch.

After Chourio's leadoff triple in the ninth, Estévez intentionally walked William Contreras, struck out Garrett Mitchell and walked Willy Adames, loading the bases before Bauers' single.

“Everybody was doubting us at the beginning, that we were going to be able to do this," Adames said. “We proved them wrong. Hopefully we can go all the way and win it all.”

The Phillies’ magic number to qualify for the playoffs is one, and four to clinch the NL East.

The Phillies made the playoffs the past two seasons, losing to Arizona in the 2023 NL Championship Series and to Houston in the 2022 World Series.

Phillies: Open a four-game series Thursday in New York against the Mets, who are battling for a wild card. Phillies RHP Taijuan Walker (3-6, 6.29 ERA) faces RHP Luis Severino (10-6, 3.77).

Brewers: Open a four-game series Thursday in Milwaukee against Arizona with RHP Tobias Myers (8-5, 3.07 ERA). The wild card-contending Diamondbacks will start RHP Brandon Pfaadt (9-9, 4.81).

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Matchup Prediction

Brewers: 57.1%

Phillies: 42.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bauers singled to right, Chourio scored, Adames to second, Contreras to third.
	9th Inning	Adames walked.
	9th Inning	Mitchell struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Contreras to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Contreras intentionally walked.
	9th Inning	Chourio tripled to right.

Statistics

PHI		MIL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
4	Ground Balls	9
16	Strikeouts	12
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
159	Pitches	127
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	11
34	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
1.0	Runs Created	2.9
.129	Batting Average	.167
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.367
.194	Secondary Average	.333
.206	On Base Percentage	.242
.432	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.609
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
1.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.1
11.0	Batter Rating	21.5
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.85
.097	Isolated Power	.200
0.19	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.167
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
62.0	MLB Rating	70.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0