Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy may have cost his team a chance to clinch the World Series

Until late Tuesday night, the Milwaukee Brewers coasted through the 2026 Major League Baseball playoffs.

They had won eight straight games against the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays. The hottest team in baseball in the second half of the season, a high-powered, star-studded, expensive roster that won 100 games, and the best team in the American League that also won 98 games.

It seemed like every single move manager Pat Murphy made worked perfectly. Better than perfectly.