Tobias Myers works through first four innings, Brewers and Mets scoreless

The Milwaukee Brewers are looking to capitalize on the magic of a Game 2 victory Wednesday with a win Thursday that will vault them into the National League Division Series. It's the first winner-take-all playoff game for the franchise since 2019.

The Brewers sent Tobias Myers to the hill against left-hander Jose Quintana, a player with a reputation for success against the Brewers in his career, though not necessarily lately. The Brewers just defeated the Mets in a Quintana start five days ago.

Both teams wasted a leadoff double in the early innings.

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Tobias Myers has retired 12 of 13 as Brewers come to bat in the fourth

It's another 1-2-3 inning for Myers, who has retired 12 of 13 batters since Francisco Lindor doubled leading off the game. In fact, Lindor is the only guy to reach against him, with a single in the third, as well. He just chewed up Nimmo, Alonso and Iglesias on eight pitches.

Now the question becomes: Do you send him back out for the fifth? The Brewers haven't wanted starters to work very deep in the game and turn it over to the bullpen, but Myers has only thrown 52 pitches. He's generated seven swings and misses and seems to be in command. Freddy Peralta was in good shape, too, and Milwaukee famously pulled him in Game 1.

Let's see if the Brewers can cook up some runs first.

Brewers can't score in the third and it's still 0-0

Brice Turang got a dose of his own medicine when second baseman Jose Iglesias made a great play on an infield liner. Turang came into this game with five hits already in the series and very nearly got a sixth there. Jackson Chourio's bloop fly ball to center was caught by Tyrone Taylor, and though Blake Perkins reached on an infield single, William Contreras grounded out weakly to third base.

The quality of contact has been below average against Quintana thus far.

END THIRD: Brewers 0, Mets 0

Some tense moments on a long fly ball, but it's three scoreless for Tobias Myers

Francisco Lindor picked up his second hit of the game, a two-out single, and Mark Vientos sent one to the warning track, but Sal Frelick settled under it to end the inning. That's three scoreless from Tobias Myers, and the Brewers come to the plate in the third looking for the first run of the game.

Gary Sánchez leadoff double goes for naught

Both teams have now wasted a leadoff double in this game.

After Gary Sánchez dumped a ball into the corner, his teammates couldn't get him off second base, with Rhys Hoskins striking out, Sal Frelick punching out looking and Joey Ortiz whiffling a ball to second base for an easy out.

Hoskins is now 0 for 8 in this series with three strikeouts.

END SECOND: Brewers 0, Mets 0

That's a 1-2-3 second for Tobias Myers

Myers needs only 10 pitches to work through the second, getting a couple flyouts and a grounder for the 1-2-3 frame. Blake Perkins got a late break on Starling Marte's low liner with two outs but made a nifty sliding grab, and we're off to the bottom of the second.

Jackson Chourio with another hit, but Brewers don't score in the first

Jackson Chourio rifled a single back up the middle for his fifth hit in nine at-bats during this series thus far (!!) but the Brewers stalled thereafter.

• Blake Perkins nearly had a double down the line that went foul, then struck out.
• William Contreras would have grounded into a double play, but Chourio was running on the pitch and made it to second base before the feed (the return throw to first still got Contreras).
• Willy Adames popped out.

Contreras by the way seems pretty slowed by the knee issue that caused him to get switched from catcher to DH for this game. He's wearing a brace.

END FIRST: Brewers 0, Mets 0

Crowd is IN to it as Tobias Myers strikes out the next two batters and escapes the inning.

After the Lindor play, Myers struck out Mark Vientos on a called third strike that Vientos didn't like from home-plate umpire Vic Carapazza. Brandon Nimmo got ahead in the count, 3-0, and Myers came back to strike him out swinging. Then, Pete Alonso sent a deep fly to center that was caught easily by Perkins.

Myers looked great after the rocky start. The crowd is WAY more alive than it was the first two games, and I think this is going to be the first sellout of the series.

No score to the bottom of the first.

Brewers commit a first-inning miscue already

The Mets are already in business after another hiccup from the Brewers defense on the first batter of the game.

Francisco Lindor smacked a solid liner into the gap, but Blake Perkins cut it off and threw to second, where Lindor was trying to stretch and looked like he was going to be out by a mile. But Brice Turang dropped the ball trying to apply the tag, allowing Lindor to stand at second with a double.

Runner in scoring position with nobody out. Turang is as sure-handed as they come, but he's got to make that play.

Bob Uecker is back in the radio booth for tonight's game

You may have noticed there was no Bob Uecker in the booth for the first two games of this playoff series, but he's back tonight. The 90-year-old has been taking it day-by-day throughout the season.

Robin Yount throws out ceremonial first pitch

The Kid indeed threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Brewers. Hall of Famer Robin Yount often can be found around American Family Field during playoff runs, and here he is again, with a standing ovation from the crowd.

Thanasis Antetokounmpo, who I thought might throw a first pitch himself, just appeared on the video board hyping the crowd up, and they obliged by getting to their feet. It's far from a full house just yet, but there's still time.

Thanasis should be the hype man for all Milwaukee events. Every one of them.

Will we see more Jesse Winker-related drama tonight?

Willy Adames said (joked? maybe?) to Jon Heyman of the New York Post that he waited in the parking lot for Jesse Winker after Game 1 following an on-field suggestion to settle their differences there, but Winker didn't show. This was after Winker had some choice words for seemingly any Brewers player in particular, but especially a nearby Adames, while rounding the bases for a two-run triple in the first game.

If you want of accounting of what was said between Winker and Adames, there's this Jomboy breakdow n, but fair warning, the language is pretty bad.

Winker and the Brewers seem to be embroiled in a bit of a feud, and now Winker is back in the lineup for Game 3, batting sixth and serving as designated hitter. Winker was hit with a pitch by Frankie Montas during last weekend's season-closing series, and something sure seemed fishy about it.

Perhaps it relates to the first series of the year, when Rhys Hoskins and the Mets got into a bit of a spat over a Hoskins slide. Perhaps it relates to a little extra show-boating from Winker when he homered against the Brewers as a member of the Washington Nationals earlier this year?

Most importantly, will there be another chapter?

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Tobias Myers about to become the second Brewers rookie to start a postseason game

What a spot for Tobias Myers , whose crazy rookie year now plays into an opportunity in a playoff elimination game.

Myers will become the second rookie pitcher in franchise history to start a postseason game, joining Brandon Woodruff, who recorded a no-decision in Game 1 of the 2018 NLDS against Colorado. Milwaukee went on to win that game in 10 innings, 3-2.

Woodruff worked in early relief in the game you remember from that postseason, Game 1 of the NLCS, when Woodruff got an at-bat and homered against Clayton Kershaw in an unforgettable playoff moment.

A national audience will watch this one, including a few thousand at Citi Field

For the first time, Citi Field — home to the New York Mets — is hosting a watch party for this game. With the other three series finishing in 2-0 sweeps, all eyes are on Milwaukee, the one remaining wild-card series to reach the third and final game.

The Mets-Brewers game is the only game in town for one night.

Thanasis Antetokounmpo is bringing some good vibes ... and maybe a ceremonial first pitch?

Truly, Thanasis Antetokounmpo is a vibe.

He was roaming around the ballpark last night, sporting a signed jersey by Mike Moustakas, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2. Probably a Greek thing!

The Bucks player and brother to Giannis is out for the basketball season with an Achilles injury, so apparently he's giving baseball a shot. He's on the field tonight, and he looks like he'll be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch, though Brewers legend Robin Yount was bestowed the duty according to the pregame news release. Yount had shoulder issues recently and I don't think can throw at the moment, so perhaps Thanasis is the surrogate?

Brewers lineup change moves Contreras to designated hitter

The Brewers have posted a few different versions of the lineup tonight, and the one we have now features Gary Sánchez catching and William Contreras at designated hitter, a switch of positions. Not sure if that means anything health-wise with Contreras, but he's been battling nagging finger and hip issues over the latter part of the season.

Brice Turang was briefly in the No. 2 spot but he's back to No. 9, with Perkins in the No. 2 slot. That means the lineup has the same players as yesterday in the same order, just with the catchers switching spots.

UPDATE: Sounds like Contreras has a little bit of a knee issue, hence the change.

Brewers make some tweaks in lineup positioning, but same players as Game 2 (which means no Garrett Mitchell)

Facing a lefty for the second straight night, the Brewers will use the same nine position players they used Wednesday, but there's some tweaks. Brice Turang, who batted ninth in Game 2, is up to the No. 2 spot this time around, while Blake Perkins bumps from No. 2 down to No. 7. That pushes Sal Frelick and Joey Ortiz to the bottom two spots of the order.

That means one of the big heroes of Wednesday night, Garrett Mitchell, isn't in the lineup. That's not unusual against a lefty; he checked in as a pinch runner last night and then batted for the first time in the eighth, belting a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth against Phil Maton to give Milwaukee the lead.

Brewers trying to do something that's never been done, strangely

The best-of-three wild card round was adopted in 2022, and so far, no team that has lost the first game has come back to win the series. First-game winners are 11-0 including the three series that wrapped yesterday, and only one of those 11 series have even gone to three games — with the Brewers/Mets series being the second.

Can the Brewers make a bit of history?

It bears mentioning the 2020 season, with a modified playoff format because of the COVID-19 shortened season, featured eight best-of-three series in a slightly different format, and while six of those series ended with 2-0 finishes, the other two included teams rallying from a 1-0 deficit to prevail.

Brewers starting lineup

• Jackson Chourio, left field
• Blake Perkins, center field
• William Contreras, designated hitter
• Willy Adames, shortstop
• Gary Sánchez, catcher
• Rhys Hoskins, first base
• Sal Frelick, right field
• Joey Ortiz, third base
• Brice Turang, second base
• Tobias Myers, right-handed pitcher

Mets starting lineup

• Francisco Lindor, shortstop
• Mark Vientos, third base
• Brandon Nimmo, left field
• Pete Alonso, first base
• José Iglesias, second base
• Jesse Winker, designated hitter
• Starling Marte, right field
• Tyrone Taylor, center field
• Francisco Alvarez, catcher
• Jose Quintana, left-handed pitcher

Is the roof open or closed at American Family Field?

It's closed for Game 3, but the panels are open.

What time is the Brewers game on today?

Time: 6:08 p.m.

Date: Thursday, Oct. 3.

TV: ESPN

Announcers: Jon Sciambi (play-by-play), Doug Glanville (analyst) and Jesse Rogers (field reporter).

Brewers postseason wild-card roster

• PITCHERS: Aaron Ashby, Aaron Civale, DL Hall, Jared Koenig, Nick Mears, Trevor Megill, Frankie Montas, Tobias Myers, Joel Payamps, Freddy Peralta, Joe Ross, Devin Williams
• CATCHERS: William Contreras, Eric Haase, Gary Sánchez
• INFIELDERS: Willy Adames, Jake Bauers, Rhys Hoskins, Andruw Monsaterio, Joey Ortiz, Brice Turang
• OUTFIELDERS: Jackson Chourio, Isaac Collins, Sal Frelick, Garrett Mitchell, Blake Perkins

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Undaunted Brewers in the playoffs

Brewers in 2024 playoffs

The Brewers cruised to the NL Central championship for a second straight season with a 93-69 record. They're the third seed in the NL bracket.

It's the team's 10th playoff appearance.

Brewers vs Mets playoff schedule

Game 1: Mets 8, Brewers 4

Game 2: Brewers 5, Mets 3

Game 3: Mets vs Brewers — 6:08 p.m. Thursday at American Family Field

MLB playoff picture, schedule

The other three playoff series ended in 2-0 sweeps, including two road-team victories. Here's the schedule going forward, all on Saturday, Oct. 5. If the Brewers win Thursday, they'll play in Philadelphia at 3:08 p.m. Saturday.

• Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians, 1:08 p.m.
• Mets/Brewers at Philadelphia Phillies, 3:08 p.m.
• Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees, 5:38 p.m.
• San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers, 7:38 p.m.

(This story was updated to add new information.)

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