Brewers bump? Each group to oust Milwaukee from playoffs has reached World Sequence

The Mets are heading to the Nationwide League Championship Sequence after Francisco Lindor‘s grand slam lifted New York previous the Philadelphia Phillies in Sport 4 of the NLDS.

The Mets’ run to the playoffs after a dismal begin has been unbelievable, to say the least. Now, they really have an ideal shot at making the World Sequence as a result of an unbelievable sample associated to the Brewers‘ unlucky MLB playoff historical past.

The pattern is that this: Within the ten occasions that the Brewers have made the postseason in franchise historical past — 9 of which have are available years when there was a division collection within the playoff format — each group that has defeated Milwaukee has gone on to a minimum of attain the World Sequence, if not win it altogether.

Here’s a breakdown of how all these groups fared, through FOX Sports activities Analysis:

2024 New York Mets: Defeated Brewers in wild-card collection*

New York’s run began with an epic comeback towards the Atlanta Braves in a weather-postponed doubleheader to seal a playoff berth. Will the Mets proceed their run and attain the World Sequence? The Mets will play both the Los Angeles Dodgers or San Diego Padres in Sport 1 of the NLCS on Sunday.

2023 Arizona Diamondbacks: Defeated Brewers in wild-card collection, reached World Sequence

The Diamondbacks had been the final group within the playoff area, and the Brewers had Arizona on the ropes in every of the 2 video games the groups performed in Milwaukee, just for the “Snakes” to remain alive and are available again to win each occasions. Arizona then went by itself unbelievable run, demolishing the NL West-winning Los Angeles Dodgers within the NLDS and outlasting the Phillies in an epic NLCS. The D-backs went on to lose the World Sequence in 5 video games to the Texas Rangers.

2021 Atlanta Braves: Defeated Brewers in NLDS, gained World Sequence

The 88-win Braves had been broadly thought to be the weakest group within the NL playoff area, however surprised the Braves within the NLDS, did the identical to the Dodgers in a rematch of the 2020 NLCS, then defeated the Houston Astros in six video games within the 2021 World Sequence behind a homegrown core that has since turned Atlanta into probably the greatest MLB groups this decade.

2020 Los Angeles Dodgers: Defeated Brewers in wild-card collection, gained World Sequence

The 29-win Brewers had been the final of eight groups — together with a file 5 NL wild-card groups — to qualify beneath a quickly expanded playoff format. Milwaukee was no match for the Dodgers, who breezed via them within the best-of-three collection after which swept the San Diego Padres within the NLDS, rallied to beat the Atlanta Braves within the NLCS, and defeated the Tampa Bay Rays for his or her first World Sequence title since 1988.

2019 Washington Nationals: Defeated Brewers in wild-card recreation, gained World Sequence

The Brewers regarded poised for a rematch with the Dodgers group that ended their season in 2018 — till outfielder Trent Grisham overran a seventh-inning, bases-loaded Juan Soto single, permitting all three runners to attain and turning a 3-1 Brewers lead right into a 4-3 deficit that stood up as the ultimate rating. Washington went on to stun the Dodgers within the NLDS and sweep the Cardinals within the NLCS, after which shock the Astros in a seven-game thriller of a World Sequence.

2018 Los Angeles Dodgers: Defeated Brewers in NLCS, reached World Sequence

The Dodgers edged the Brewers by profitable an instant-classic Sport 7 of the NLCS in Milwaukee, denying a 96-win Brewers group the prospect to make it to the World Sequence. Los Angeles then misplaced the World Sequence for the second consecutive 12 months, falling to the Boston Red Sox in 5 video games.

2011 St. Louis Cardinals: Defeated Brewers in NLCS, gained World Sequence

The Brewers superior to the NLCS with a win over none apart from the D-backs within the 2011 NLDS, solely to fall to the Cardinals in six video games within the NLCS. St. Louis then beat the Rangers — the 2023 AL pennant winner — in a seven-game World Sequence traditional led by then-rookie David Freese.

2008 Philadelphia Phillies: Defeated Brewers in NLDS, gained World Sequence

The Brewers lastly returned to the postseason in 2008 thanks in no small half to CC Sabathia, who turned one of many best commerce deadline acquisitions in MLB historical past, carrying Milwaukee to a wild-card spot with an 11-2 file and 1.65 ERA over the ultimate two months of the season. Nonetheless, the Brewers had been no match for a loaded Phillies squad that dispatched Milwaukee in 4 video games within the NLDS, earlier than beating the Dodgers within the NLCS and the Rays within the World Sequence.

1982 St. Louis Cardinals: Defeated Brewers in World Sequence

This one technically counts! This was the Brewers’ first and solely World Sequence look in franchise historical past. They had been AL champions on the time, going through their now-NL Central division foes from St. Louis. The Cardinals prevailed because of a late comeback in Sport 7, powered by future Corridor of Famers Ozzie Smith and Bruce Sutter, and collection MVP Darrell Porter.

1981 New York Yankees: Defeated Brewers in ALDS, reached World Sequence

Although the division collection was not completely instituted till 1994, MLB debuted it for the primary time in 1981 as a strategy to type out the East and West division winners from the primary and second halves of the 1981 season — which was interrupted partway via as a result of a strike by the gamers’ union. The primary-half AL East winners, the New York Yankees, beat the second-half division-winning Brewers, 3-2, within the ALDS in Milwaukee’s playoff debut. The Yankees then went on to comb the Oakland A’s within the ALCS earlier than shedding to the Los Angeles Dodgers within the 1981 World Sequence.

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