And boy, did Game 1 — a 3-2 Brewers win — not disappoint, even ending with one of the most bizarre, unlucky things you will ever see in a Major League Baseball game.The Brewers were the best team in baseball this season, while the Padres went on a tear down the stretch to make the playoffs, and then made short work of the Chicago Cubs in the Wild Card Round.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEMilwaukee Brewers hard-throwing righty and presumptive NL Cy Young winner Jacob Misiorowski got his first postseason start in Game 1 of the NLDS against the San Diego Padres.(Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images)Presumptive NL Cy Young favorite Jacob Misiorowski took the hill for the Brewers in what was the first postseason start of the hard-throwing righty's career.
Meanwhile, lefty Robbie Ray got the nod for San Diego.Misiorowski set the tone early, striking out Padres star and lead-off hitter Fernando Tatis Jr., which helped keep the raucous crowd at American Family Field in a frenzy.However, in the second inning, something seemed to click for the Padres when DH Luis Campusano poked a single into right field with two on, which brought in a run to open the scoring.The Padres added another on a fielder's choice to go up 2-0.In the third, the Brewers got on the board thanks to a Jackson Chourio two-run shot, which happened to be the hardest-hit homer of his career.The game remained tied through six innings, with Misiorowski exiting the game after four innings of work in which he gave up 6 hits, 2 runs, and a walk while striking out 6 hitters.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!In the seventh inning, Milwaukee brought in relief pitcher Abner Uribe to face Tatis and Manny Machado; however, both managed to get on base.
Then with the two on first and third respectively, Uribe hit first baseman Ty France to load the bases.Uribe got the hook, with lefty DL Hall coming in to face left-handed-hitting P...