NLDS Game 2s: Chourio Walk-Off Stuns Padres, Braves Silence Dodgers to Even Series

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2026 — Two Game 2s, two one-run thrillers, and one swing that will live in franchise lore. The Milwaukee Brewers were down to their final out against the most feared closer in baseball — and Jackson Chourio turned a 101-mph fastball into the third walk-off postseason win in franchise history. Hours later in Los Angeles, the Atlanta Braves played October’s other game — a grinding, bullpen-by-committee 3-2 win that evened the NLDS and reminded everyone why nobody should be in a hurry to bury this club.

Here is how Sunday’s Game 2s played out — and what they mean with the series moving on.

NL Division Series · Game 2Brewers 4, Padres 3 — Chourio walks it off

Down 3-2 in the ninth, two outs, bases loaded, and Mason Miller on the mound trying for his first six-out save since 2024 — that was the scene at American Family Field. Miller had retired the side in the eighth, then got a groundout to open the ninth before everything unraveled: he issued the first postseason walks of his career to Christian Yelich and Sal Frelick, and pinch-hitter Gary Sánchez walked on a full count to load the bases. Chourio fell behind, fouled off a 104-mph heater that would have retired most hitters, laid off a low slider — then turned a 101.3-mph fastball past Jake Cronenworth’s diving backhand into center field. Yelich and Frelick scored. 4-3. Bedlam in Milwaukee.

The Brewers never led until that final swing, and they won despite three errors that gift-wrapped two unearned San Diego runs. Ty France did the damage for the Padres, going 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Logan Henderson gave Milwaukee five gutsy innings — two runs, one earned, four strikeouts — in his postseason debut, and Trevor Megill threw a 1-2-3 ninth to earn the win. Chourio has now driven in four of Milwaukee’s seven runs in the series, one night after tying Game 1 with a two-run homer — his fifth career postseason homer, a franchise record.

“There’s nothing he can’t do on the baseball field,” Yelich said of Chourio afterward. Megill put it simpler: “It’s never over ’til it is. It’s playoffs.” The Brewers lead the series 2-0 and head to San Diego, where Game 3 goes Tuesday night — Dustin May against Nick Pivetta, 9:30 p.m. ET on FS1. The Padres have to win or go home. Our full Game 2 story has more on the ninth-inning magic, plus the Brewers and Padres team pages.

NL Division Series · Game 2Braves 3, Dodgers 2 — Harris stars, series even

This one belonged to the bullpens — and to Michael Harris II. Atlanta struck first: Ronald Acuña Jr. singled and stole second in the opening inning, walks to Matt Olson and Ozzie Albies loaded the bases, and Mauricio Dubón’s two-out single made it 1-0. Freddie Freeman answered leading off the fourth, launching a 375-foot solo shot off Grant Holmes — against his former team, in his first-ever postseason meeting with Atlanta. But the Braves retook the lead for good in the fifth: Harris ripped a two-out triple and scored three pitches later on Kris Bubic’s wild pitch. In the seventh, Harris lined a two-out double off Edgardo Henríquez, scoring Olson — the insurance run that decided it.

Harris finished 3-for-5 with a single, triple and double — one homer shy of the cycle. Blake Snell never found it for Los Angeles: 3⅔ innings, 90 pitches, only 47 for strikes, five walks. Atlanta opener Ray Kerr threw 2⅔ scoreless innings with four strikeouts, and rookie Didier Fuentes delivered the relief outing of the postseason so far — 3⅔ innings, the first 11 Dodgers he faced retired, including a perfect eighth in which he struck out Will Smith and Freeman. At one point Atlanta’s staff set down 14 straight. Max Muncy made it a 3-2 game with a two-out, two-strike homer in the ninth — his second straight game with a blast, his franchise-record 18th postseason homer — but Raisel Iglesias got pinch-hitter Josue De Paula to foul out to Austin Riley to end it. Second save of October for Iglesias.

Los Angeles went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and stranded seven over the first five innings; all seven Dodger runs in the series have come on home runs. Shohei Ohtani went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts — quiet for the second straight night. The series is tied 1-1 and shifts to Atlanta for Game 3 on Tuesday: Chris Sale against Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 6:00 p.m. ET. Our full Game 2 story breaks down the bullpen battle, plus the Braves and Dodgers team pages.

What’s nextALDS Game 2s Monday, NLDS Game 3s Tuesday

The ALDS Game 2s go Monday — the Rays looking to take a 2-0 lead on the Yankees in Tampa Bay, the White Sox trying to do the same to the Guardians in Cleveland. Then both NLDS series resume Tuesday: Brewers-Padres at Petco Park (9:30 p.m. ET, FS1) and Braves-Dodgers in Atlanta (6:00 p.m. ET). First to three wins takes the series and a trip to the League Championship Series.

Sunday proved the obvious thing about October: there is no safe lead, no invincible closer, no quiet lineup. Keep it locked on our MLB hub and the Previously Newsroom for full coverage as each series unfolds.