Campusano's Walk-Off Single Caps Wild 11th-Inning Comeback
San Diego scored three runs in the 11th inning to erase a one-run deficit and beat Milwaukee 4-3 on Wednesday. Luis Campusano's single to right, which scored Song, swung the win probability from 56% to 100% and ended it.
Milwaukee looked in control early. Gary Sánchez put the Brewers on the board in the second with a 372-foot homer to left, and the third inning got even messier for San Diego when Brice Turang singled to center, Ortiz scored on a fielding error by center fielder Merrill, and Turang ended up at third — a two-run frame built largely on San Diego's own mistake. Xander Bogaerts answered immediately with a 415-foot shot to left that cut it to 2-1, but Milwaukee still held the lead heading into the middle innings. Dustin May, pitching for Milwaukee, was the story of the first seven innings — 7.0 innings, 4 hits, 1 earned run, 2 walks, and 6 strikeouts. That's a performance that deserved a win, and the fact that it didn't get one looks like the cruelest kind of baseball outcome.
San Diego's bullpen did the heavy lifting after Robbie Ray exited at four innings, having allowed 2 earned runs on 2 hits and 3 walks. Adrian Morejon threw 2.0 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts, and Bradgley Rodriguez followed with 2.0 more — 1 hit, 0 runs, 3 strikeouts. That trio of arms kept San Diego alive long enough for the offense to wake up. In the eighth, Jake Cronenworth reached on an infield single to first and Tatis Jr. scored to tie it at 2-2, sending the game to extras.
The 11th inning was where this game became something worth remembering. Sánchez doubled to left to score Bae and put Milwaukee back in front 3-2 — his second RBI of the night, finishing 2-for-4 with a homer, a double, and two RBI. It looked like enough. Then Merrill, who had committed the costly error in the third, hit a sacrifice fly to right to score Cronenworth and tie it again at 3-3. One batter later, Campusano singled to right and Song crossed the plate — win probability swinging from 56% to 100% in a single swing of the bat. San Diego wins 4-3. The story of the night was a Milwaukee starter who gave everything and a San Diego lineup that refused to let a two-run deficit, or a one-run deficit in extras, be the final word.