David Ortiz helped spark the biggest postseason comeback in MLB history, but he doesn't expect another team to follow his lead and rally. The San Diego Padres were on the brink of tying their best-of-five NLDS matchup with the Milwaukee Brewers. Instead of sending the series back home at 1-1, they face a 2-0 hole following Sunday's 4-3 loss.
Ortiz was part of the 2004 Boston Red Sox squad that overcame a 3-0 deficit to eliminate the New York Yankees in the 2024 ALCS. However, the Hall of Fame slugger has no confidence that the Padres can avoid elimination with three straight wins. I hate to break it to you.
I got so much love for San Diego and everything, but golly. You were supposed to win this game. Now you are against the rope," Ortiz said on Fox, putting his hands across his throat to pantomime a choking gesture.
"It's over." The Padres began the series with a 3-2 loss at Milwaukee despite tagging NL Cy Young favorite Jacob Misiorowski to two runs in the second inning. Ty France may have hit a game-tying home run in the ninth had a fly ball not hit the closed roof at American Family Field. San Diego looked poised to bounce back, handing its elite bullpen a 3-1 lead after another strong start from Michael King.
Ortiz and many viewers may have thought the game was over once shutdown closer Mason Miller entered the game in the eighth to protect a one-run advantage. Miller easily dispatched three Brewers hitters in the eighth, but he walked the bases loaded in the ninth before Jackson Chourio hit a walk-off single. The Padres must now win twice to send the series back to Milwaukee.
Even if they do, Misiorowski should be waiting to start a winner-take-all Game 5 for the NL Central champions. "You were supposed to be flying to San Diego dancing on the airplane tonight, but you let that one get away," Ortiz said. "Now they're going to have to face Jacob again.
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