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- Brewers clinch MLB's first playoff spot, then rally to walk off Cardinals in extra innings</p>
<p>Jason OwensSeptember 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM</p>
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<p>Andruw Monasterio and the Brewers are officially postseason-bound. (Aaron Gash via Getty Images)</p>
<p>Saturday was a good day to be a Milwaukee Brewer.</p>
<p>First, the Brewers learned that they'd clinched the first berth of the MLB postseason when the New York Mets lost, 3-2 to the Texas Rangers Saturday afternoon.</p>
<p>Then, they entered their own postgame locker room with even more reason to celebrate. The Brewers spotted the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-1 lead in a home game Saturday night. But they rallied to force extra innings, where Andruw Monasterio walked the Cardinals off to secure a 9-8 Brewers win.</p>
<p>With Caleb Durin on second base after a double in an 8-8 game, Monasterio hit a line drive to center field that allowed Durbin to score without a play at the plate.</p>
<p>POP THOSE BOTTLES MILWAUKEE 🔥The @Brewers walk it off and are headed to the #Postseason! pic.twitter.com/0suMAXWoNq</p>
<p>— MLB (@MLB) September 14, 2025</p>
<p>The walk-off hit capped a run of seven Brewers runs in the final three innings of the game, including two in the 10th after the Cardinals scored one in the top of the inning.</p>
<p>Monasterio's teammates mobbed him on the infield after the hit as they set off the celebration of what's been a remarkable regular season. After the game, Durbin spoke with Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal about the win.</p>
<p>"It's been our brand of ball all year. Even if you go down early, take it at-bat by at-bat, keep grinding it out, and see what happens"Caleb Durbin talked with @Ken_Rosenthal after the Brewers came back to beat the Cardinals on the same day they clinched their Postseason spot pic.twitter.com/mK43o3PhYd</p>
<p>— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) September 14, 2025</p>
<p>"I describe it as Brewers baseball," Durbin said of the comeback. "We just take it one at-bat at a time, one pitch at a time, try to keep the line moving. We were able to do it in two straight innings. A lot of fun."</p>
<p>Can Brewers capitalize on success with franchise's first World Series championship?</p>
<p>The Brewers are now guaranteed no worse than a wild-card spot. But they project to enter the postseason in considerably better shape.</p>
<p>With their own win over the Cardinals, the Brewers improved to 91-58 and maintain an MLB-best record that few saw coming. It's a record that includes not one, but two winning streaks of 11-plus games. The second such streak extended to a franchise-record 14 games in August as the Brewers firmly staked their claim as the best team in baseball.</p>
<p>Milwaukee maintains a two-game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies for the best record in the NL and MLB in what's shaping up to be a two-team race down the stretch for the No. 1 seed in the NL. The rival Chicago Cubs sit a distant 6.5 games back with the third-best record in the league and in the race for the NL Central crown, which is the next goal on Milwaukee's list.</p>
<p>After that comes the monumental task of securing the franchise's first World Series win.</p>
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