EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsMILWAUKEE -- Jackson Chourio hit a two-run single off hard-throwing Mason Miller with two outs in the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied past the San Diego Padres for the second time in 20 hours, a 4-3 victory Sunday for a 2-0 National League Division Series lead.Miller entered with a 3-2 lead, trying for his first six-out save since 2024. He retired the side in order in the eighth and, after a leadoff groundout in the ninth, issued his first career postseason walks to Christian Yelich and Sal Frelick.Andrew Vaughn flied out and pinch hitter Gary Sanchez walked on a full count.A night after sparking Milwaukee's comeback with a tying, two-run homer in the third inning, the 22-year-old Chourio lined a 101.3 mph fastball up the middle and past second baseman Jake Cronenworth's attempt for a diving backhand stop.The ball bounced into center field as Yelich ran across the plate to tie it, with Frelick sliding in head-first to win it, easily beating center fielder Jackson Merrill's throw.San Diego, which entered the postseason with 20 wins in its past 23 games, has back-to-back losses for the first time since Sept. 1-2. The Padres will try to keep their season alive Tuesday when the best-of-five series resumes in San Diego.Milwaukee is a win from a second straight NL Championship Series appearance as it chases its first World Series title.Chourio also made a key defensive play in the opener when Ty France hit a potential go-ahead homer in the ninth inning only for the ball to strike a cable on the roof of American Family Field and land in Chourio's glove at the left-field warning track.Miller, baseball's top closer, threw 40 pitches -- his most since 2023. He topped 100 mph with 18 pitches, the fastest a 103.5 mph offering that Chourio fouled.Milwaukee didn't have a baserunner against Padres starter Michael King until the fifth inning and matched a season high with three errors as San Diego scored a pair of unearned runs.With the roof open Sunday, France hit an RBI single in the first and another a run-scoring single for a 3-1 lead in the seventh after third baseman David Hamilton bobbled Fernando Tatis Jr.'s grounder for an error.Frelick had an RBI single in the fifth after Yelich doubled.Milwaukee closed to 3-2 in the seventh when Garrett Mitchell scored from third as Cronenworth bobbled Hamilton's grounder and then threw past first for a double error.
