The New York Mets are heading to the NLDS after a dramatic, ninth-inning comeback sparked by Pete Alonso’s go-ahead, three-run dwelling run to oust the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Mets’ run to the playoffs after a dismal begin has been unbelievable, to say the least. And now, in response to MLB historical past, New York really has an amazing shot at making the World Sequence due an absurd, hard-to-believe sample associated to the Brewers’ unlucky playoff historical past.

The development is that this: Within the ten occasions that the Brewers have made the postseason in franchise historical past — 9 of which have are available in years when there was a division collection within the MLB playoff format — each group that has defeated Milwaukee has gone on to not less than attain the World Sequence, if not win it altogether.

Here’s a breakdown of how all these groups fared, by way of FOX Sports activities Analysis:

1981 New York Yankees: Defeated Brewers in ALDS, reached World Sequence

Although the division collection was not completely instituted till 1994, MLB debuted it for the primary time in 1981 as a strategy to kind out the East and West division winners from the primary and second halves of the 1981 season, which was interrupted partway by means of attributable to a strike by the gamers’ union. The primary-half AL East winners, the New York Yankees, beat the second-half division-winning Brewers 3-2 within the ALDS in Milwaukee’s playoff debut. The Yankees then went on to brush the Oakland A’s within the ALCS earlier than shedding to the Los Angeles Dodgers within the 1981 World Sequence.

1982 St. Louis Cardinals: Defeated Brewers in World Sequence

This one technically counts! This was the Brewers’ first and solely World Sequence look in franchise historical past. They had been AL champions on the time dealing with their now-NL Central division foes from St. Louis. The Cardinals prevailed due to a late comeback in Sport 7, powered by future Corridor of Famers Ozzie Smith and Bruce Sutter, and collection MVP Darrell Porter.

2008 Philadelphia Phillies: Defeated Brewers in NLDS, received World Sequence

The Brewers lastly returned to the postseason in 2008 thanks in no small half to CC Sabathia, who turned one of many biggest commerce deadline acquisitions in MLB historical past, carrying Milwaukee to a wild-card spot with an 11-2 file and 1.65 ERA over the ultimate two months of the season. Nonetheless, the Brewers had been no match for a loaded Philadelphia Phillies squad that dispatched Milwaukee in 4 video games within the NLDS, earlier than beating the Dodgers within the NLCS and the Tampa Bay Rays within the World Sequence.

2011 St. Louis Cardinals: Defeated Brewers in NLCS, received World Sequence

The Brewers superior to the NLCS with a win over none aside from the D-backs within the 2011 NLDS, solely to fall to the Cardinals in six video games within the NLCS. St. Louis then beat the Texas Rangers — the 2023 AL pennant winner — in a seven-game World Sequence basic led by then-rookie David Freese.

2018 Los Angeles Dodgers: Defeated Brewers in NLCS, reached World Sequence

The Dodgers edged the Brewers by profitable an instant-classic Sport 7 of the NLCS in Milwaukee, denying a 96-win Brewers group the possibility to make it to the World Sequence. L.A. then misplaced the World Sequence for the second consecutive 12 months, falling to the Boston Purple Sox in 5 video games.

2019 Washington Nationals: Defeated Brewers in wild-card recreation, received World Sequence

The Brewers regarded poised for a rematch with the Dodgers group that ended their season in 2018 — till outfielder Trent Grisham overran a seventh-inning, bases-loaded Juan Soto single, permitting all three runners to attain and turning a 3-1 Brewers lead right into a 4-3 deficit that stood up as the ultimate rating. Washington went on to stun the Dodgers within the NLDS and sweep the Cardinals within the NLCS, after which shock the Houston Astros in a seven-game thriller of a World Sequence.

2020 Los Angeles Dodgers: Defeated Brewers in wild-card collection, received World Sequence

The 29-31 Brewers had been the final of eight groups — together with a file 5 NL wild-card groups — to qualify beneath a briefly expanded playoff format. Milwaukee was no match for the Dodgers, who breezed by means of them within the best-of-three collection after which swept the San Diego Padres within the NLDS, rallied to beat the Atlanta Braves within the NLCS, and defeated the Rays for his or her first World Sequence title since 1988.

2021 Atlanta Braves: Defeated Brewers in NLDS, received World Sequence

The 88-win Braves had been extensively thought to be the weakest group within the NL playoff discipline, however shocked the Braves within the NLDS, did the identical to the Dodgers in a rematch of the 2020 NLCS, then defeated the Astros in six video games within the 2021 World Sequence behind a homegrown core that has since turned Atlanta into among the finest MLB groups this decade.

2023 Arizona Diamondbacks: Defeated Brewers in wild-card collection, reached World Sequence