The Milwaukee Brewers captured 102 victories in 2018. 95 of them came during the regular season, then one more tie-breaker at Wrigley Field in Chicago to capture the National League Central Division championship. They swept the Colorado Rockies in the NLDS and took the Los Angeles Dodgers to the brink in the Championship Series, getting all the way to game seven.
And then, it was all over.
2018 ended abruptly with something that fans in the Cream City haven’t had to deal with much of during the history of their baseball team - playoff heartbreak. A 1-0 lead after the first inning of game seven eventually turned into a gut wrenching 5-1 defeat as Clayton Kershaw recorded the final three outs to send Los Angeles to their second consecutive Fall Classic.