France's potential go-ahead HR hits roof cable for out — SkimNews
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- Ty France's potential go-ahead ninth-inning fly ball struck a roof cable at American Family Field and fell into Jackson Chourio's glove for an out, sealing the Brewers' 3-2 NLDS Game 1 win.
- Under stadium ground rules, a fair ball that hits anything attached to the roof stays in play; the Padres challenged whether the ball struck the roof in foul territory, and review confirmed it was fair.
- The hit came off closer Trevor Megill's 98 mph fastball with a 49-degree launch angle and 105.3 mph exit velocity; Brewers manager Pat Murphy called it a foul ball while Padres manager Craig Stammen said it looked like a possible home run.
- The Brewers erased a 2-0 deficit after Jacob Misiorowski was chased in the fourth, with William Contreras hitting a game-tying home run and Jackson Chourio adding a go-ahead blast in the seventh.
- Brewers third base coach Matt Erickson said umpire Nic Lentz walked through the roof-cable ground rule during the pregame lineup exchange, with Erickson joking: "I haven't seen it in six years, but it's definitely happening tonight."
- France and Manny Machado called for technology to determine whether the ball would have been a home run; Stammen quipped, "Plug AI into it and figure out how far it would go."
- Game 2 is Sunday with the Padres' Michael King facing Brewers rookie Logan Henderson; the loss was San Diego's first this postseason after sweeping the Cubs in the wild-card round.
Why it matters: A roof-cable ground rule — which the umpiring crew and both teams' coaches had literally walked through during the pregame lineup exchange — directly decided a one-run NLDS Game 1; the Brewers grab a 1-0 series lead despite San Diego sending its best starter, Michael King, to the mound in Sunday's Game 2.
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