Padres left wondering what could have been after NLDS exit: 'It stings' - MLB.com
The San Diego Padres were eliminated from the MLB postseason after a narrow 3-1 series loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Players expressed disappointment and pride in their hard-fought season following the closely contested series.
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SAN DIEGO -- Every postseason exit hurts. They may hurt for different reasons. They all hurt.
This one, most of all, is going to hurt because of what could have been.
The Padres and Brewers staged an epic of a National League Division Series . The margins were thin. Agonizingly thin. A potential go-ahead home run off a cable on the roof in Milwaukee in Game 1. A Jackson Chourio line drive just beyond the outstretched glove of Jake Cronenworth in Game 2.
And maybe the cruelest of all: A potential game-tying, season-saving, bedlam-inducing home run from the bat of Manny Machado , taken away at the wall by Brewers center fielder Garrett Mitchell in Game 4.
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