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The MLB postseason continued Wednesday as eight teams faced off in Game 2 of the NL and AL Wild Card series.

On the day, three teams advanced to the Division Series (DS), while one series went to Game 3 after a comeback.

Here are the top storylines from Wednesday’s action.

The New York Mets got a taste of their own medicine as the Milwaukee Brewers came from behind to force a winner-takes-all Game 3 in the NL Wild Card series.

Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth, the Brewers were six outs away from ending their season, but a tying home run from superstar rookie Jackson Chourio and a two-run homer from Garrett Mitchell turned the game around. header to give Milwaukee a 5-3 victory.

It marks the first time in franchise history that Milwaukee has been shut out early in the eighth inning of a postseason game and returned to win after 26 losses from that position previously.

Chourio’s explosion was his second of the match. After also tying the score at 1-1 in the first inning, the 20-year-old became only the second player in Major League history to hit two game-tying home runs in a single postseason game. The only other player to do this was none other than Babe Ruth in Game 4 of the 1928 World Series.

The Venezuelan also became the fifth youngest hitter to ever go deep in the postseason, behind Miguel Cabrera (Florida Marlins, 2003), Manny Machado (Baltimore Orioles, 2012), Bryce Harper (Washington Nationals, 2012) and Andruw Jones (Atlanta Braves). , 1996).

“I think I still feel the adrenaline,” Chourio said through translator Daniel de Mondesert, according to MLB.com. “It was a very special moment for me, one that I will look back on and remember for the rest of my life.”

Chourio tied the game in the bottom of the first on Brandon Nimmo’s RBI single, but New York would regain the lead in the second with an RBI single by Francisco Álvarez and a sacrifice fly by Francisco Lindor.

Blake Perkins’ own sacrifice fly in the fifth made it a one-run ball game before the heroics of Chourio and Mitchell in the eighth. Fittingly, Chourio also recorded the final out, catching a fly ball off Jesse Winker.

Game 3 will be played Thursday night at American Family Field in Milwaukee.

The Houston Astros suffered their own disastrous eighth inning, losing 5–2 to the Detroit Tigers, failing to reach the AL Championship Series for the first time in eight years.

Andy Ibáñez’s three-RBI double proved to be the defining moment as the Tigers won the series.

It’s a huge blow to the 2022 World Series champions, who have now lost all seven postseason games they’ve played at home.

“When we get to the playoffs, you think about the long term, you think about winning,” Astros second baseman Jose Altuve told MLB.com. “We couldn’t win a game against the Tigers. We are heartbroken now. We just have to move on.”

By winning the series, Detroit advances to the ALDS for the first time since 2014 and hopes its momentum can propel a young team to an unlikely fifth World Series title.

“I don’t know who,” manager AJ Hinch told his team, according to MLB.com, “but someone made the Tigers hot.”

It took until the sixth inning for both teams to get on the board, with Parker Meadows sending a solo shot off the foul pole into right field to give the Tigers the lead.

An inning later, Houston would load the bases with no one out. On a ground ball by Jon Singleton, Spencer Torkelson’s home throw was fumbled by Jake Rogers, allowing Victor Caratini to score and tie the game.

Detroit appeared to be in deep trouble after a Jose Altuve sacrifice fly put the Astros ahead, but Sean Guenther took over on the mound and was able to force a double play to avoid a big inning.

Trailing 2-1 entering the eighth, the Tigers tied the game when a wild pitch from Ryan Pressly allowed Kerry Carpenter to score. Ibáñez’s clutch double cleared the bases and Houston had no answer.

“It’s tough,” Astros manager Joe Espada told MLB.com. “But I want our guys to be proud of how far we’ve come. Like it was a really challenging season and we made it to the postseason, which is something that’s our goal every year. We win the division and then play deep in the play-offs.”

Detroit heads to Cleveland to take on the Guardians in the ALDS, which begins Saturday.

Padres and Royals complete their mission

The San Diego Padres will face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS for the third time in five years after defeating the Atlanta Braves 5-4 to win the series.

In a huge second inning, the Padres scored all five of their runs with two outs, thanks to a solo homer from Kyle Higashioka, a two-RBI double from Manny Machado and a two-RBI triple from Jackson Merrill.

It’s the first time in MLB postseason history that a team has scored six consecutive hits while batting between those six hits during a cycle, according to STATS.

“Two outs, no one on — that’s what we’re really good at,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said, according to MLB.com. “It’s a big part of our identity with our club, the mantra of, ‘We’re going to compete no matter the circumstances.’ No one present, we’ll figure it out and get to work.’

Meanwhile, Bobby Witt Jr. was driving. home the winning point for the second time in two games as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 2-1.

In another tight game, the shortstop’s infield single in the top of the sixth inning proved enough to set up a series sweep, in which only four runs were scored.

“That’s the fun of this game,” Witt told MLB.com. “This is why we do it, these situations here. It really just comes down to controlling what I can control, just being present in that moment, being where my feet are and enjoying the moment. You never know when this opportunity will arise again, so make the most of it while you have it.”

On Saturday, the Royals will head to the Bronx to take on the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the ALDS.