Talking Baseball

The Milwaukee Brewers are the 2008 National League Wild Card champions.

C.C. Sabathia started on three days’ rest for the third straight time, throwing a complete game, and catapulting the Brewers into the playoffs for the first time since 1982.

They needed help along the way though. Their game ended roughly 30 minutes before the Mets and Marlins finished the season at Shea.

Florida’s Wes Helms and Dan Uggla went back to back off of relievers Scott Schoeneweis and Luis Ayala in the 8th inning to notch a 4-2 win and eliminate the Mets from playoff contention for the second straight season on the final day.

Sabathia allowed one unearned run in the win, a 3-1 victory for the Brewers. Ryan Braun provided all the offense Sabathia would need when he hit a tie breaking two run homerun in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Milwaukee will take on the Philadelphia Phillies, winners of the NL East title for two consecutive seasons, beginning on Wednesday in the best of five NLDS.

The Dodgers will take on the Cubs in the other NLDS series, also beginning on Wednesday.

Cole Hamels will get the ball in game one of the series, which sees the Phillies hosting the first two games of the series for the second straight year, against an undetermined opponent.

Interim Manager Dale Sveum has a lot of decisions to make regarding how the Brewers’ rotation will be set up for the NLDS.

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