"Best take I've ever seen": Jackson Chourio's walk-off hit for Brewers in postseason almost didn't happen

The odds were stacked against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. The San Diego Padres went into the bottom of the 9th inning with a 3-2 lead and had the nearly unhittable Mason Miller on the mound. Yet the Brewers found a way.

It took until the final out - in fact, until the final strike. But Jackson Chourio finished the game with a walk-off, two-run single that sent American Family Field into a frenzy. The only reason it even happened was due to what MLB analyst Ben Verlander called possibly " the best take I've ever seen ".

Jackson Chourio somehow held off on Mason Miller's slider after 104 mph fastball with the count at 1-2

Chourio was ahead 1-0 in the count to start the at-bat, only to fall behind 1-2 after a swinging strike and a foul ball. The first three pitches were all high-velocity fastballs: 102 mph, 102 mph, and 104 mph . On the fourth pitch, Miller tried to ring up Chourio with a low slider , but Chourio refused to chase it . On the next pitch, Miller went back to the fastball, and Chourio hit a liner into center field to end the game.

The reason the take on 1-2 was so impressive was that Miller was setting it up with his fastballs . To a hitter, that slider Miller threw starts in the strike zone, only to quickly dip down completely out of it . Chourio appeared to be looking for it.

At 2-2, Chourio was in a much more favorable count. Miller could have gone with a breaking ball again, but he ran the risk of throwing a ball and bringing the count to a full 3-2 . With the bases loaded, that would have been precarious. In the end, Chourio won the at-bat, and the game.