Trevor Megill perfect in ninth for 29th save

It wasn’t the smoothest of innings for Megill by any means, as he allowed one-out singles to Jonathan Aranda and Chandler Simpson and walked Junior Caminero to load the bases. He then got Liam Hicks to ground into what looked to be a game-ending double play, but Caminero was ruled safe at second base upon umpire review. Not to fear though, as he battled back to retire Jonny DeLuca on strikes to end the ballgame. Megill needed 20 pitches to get the job done though, which could impact his availability in Game 2 on Saturday.

Megill came in and got Will Smith to fly out with a runner on to end the eighth. He was able to retire the side in order in the ninth, and even with a four-run lead, thanks to a run in the ninth, he’s credited with his fourth save of the postseason.

Megill got Max Muncy to pop out and Andy Pages lined out to left before issuing a walk to Kyle Tucker and pinch-hitter Josue De Paula. He left a pitch in the middle of the plate to Mookie Betts, but Betts wasn’t able to get all of it on a flyout to center. It wasn’t pretty, but good enough and the Brewers have a 1-0 lead while Megill has his third save of the postseason.

Megill threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings in the series, picking up a victory and two saves. He’s allowed just one run in 10 2/3 innings during his postseason career.

It looked like he might have given up a go-ahead homer to Ty France in the bottom of the ninth, but the ball hit a cable attached to the roof at former Miller Park and dropped into Jackson Chourio’s glove. Statcast indicated that it wouldn’t have left the park anyway, even though it seemed pretty majestic off the bat. Megill was the Brewers’ primary closer last year, but since he was returning from injury last October, he worked as a setup man and even opened once in his five appearances last postseason. With the nice showing tonight, he’s allowed a total of one run in 8 2/3 innings in nine postseason appearances.

Megill has matched his 2025 saves total. He joins Dan Plesac, John Axford, Francisco Rodríguez and Josh Hader in having recorded multiple 30-save seasons for the Brewers.

Megill entered the ninth inning with a 5-3 lead, but allowed back-to-back hits to start the inning to suddenly find himself with runners on second and third and no outs. The Orioles would then get sacrifice flies from Samuel Basallo and Christian Encarnacion-Strand in back-to-back at-bats to tie the game at 5-5, with Megill going on to strike out Heston Kjerstad to end the inning. Megill wouldn’t return in the 10th inning, but was handed the win after the Brewers took a 6-5 lead on an RBI single by Sal Frelick. Reliever Chad Patrick would come on in the 10th and pitch a perfect inning to secure the win for the Brewers while tallying his sixth save of the season. Friday marked just the third blown save of the season for Megill and was his first since June 5th against the Rockies.

He fanned Spencer Horwitz and Jake Mangum before getting Konnor Griffin to ground out. Megill was working for a second straight night, so he’ll probably be down Thursday. Abner Uribe could close then.

Megill, who would have taken a loss if the Brewers hadn’t come back in the bottom of the ninth, gave up two singles, a double and a walk while retiring just one of the five batters he faced. The walk, though, would have been overturned into a strikeout if the Brewers hadn’t been out of challenges. Megill also gave up a run while pitching Monday and probably could use a couple of days off at this point. Expect Abner Uribe to close if the Brewers have a save chance Wednesday.

Megill got some help while pitching in a two-run game. With one out, Pedro Ramírez sent a ball 383 feet to the wall in right that Luis Lara saw make a terrific leaping catch. Pete Crow-Armstrong then homered afterwards. Seiya Suzuki made a bid to keep the game going with two outs, but Jackson Chourio managed to pick the liner just before the ball hit the ground in left. PCA’s homer was the first off Megill in the regular season since Aug. 6, 2025 and produced the first earned run Megill has allowed in 16 appearances since July 22.