The Brewers entered the game and the series as big favorites, thanks in large part to likely NL Cy Young Award winner Jacob Misiorowski starting game one.Misiorowski has been nearly unhittable this season, with a minuscule 1.80 ERA, just 96 hits allowed all season, and 252 strikeouts in 174.2 innings.
But the Padres have been baseball's hottest team down the stretch, and were able to force him out after pushing across two runs in just four innings.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.But the Brewers battled back, tying the game on a Jackson Chourio homer and taking the lead late on another from William Contreras.The Padres missed an opportunity in the top of the 8th, but started the 9th with the heart of their lineup facing closer Trevor Megill.
Dustin Harris singled to lead off the ninth, Manny Machado struck out, and Ty France launched what's now become one of the most controversial fly balls in recent postseason history.BREWERS TAKE GAME 1 OF NLDS AFTER A CONTROVERSIAL CALL ON SURE-FIRE HOME RUN BALL THAT HIT THE STADIUM ROOFMilwaukee 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)While it looked at first glance like a potential go-ahead home run, or might fly harmlessly foul, France hit the ball so high it banged off the roof support system at American Family Field and fell into the field of play just onto the warning track in left field, where Jackson Chourio caught it for an out.Several minutes of discussion followed, with the umpires ruling on the field that it was, in fact, a fair ball and effectively a fly ball out.
Many fans, and some of the players, were clearly confused, assuming that a ball hitting the roof wo...