CHICAGO -- Quinn Priester was, by all accounts, relaxed and ready for a dream opportunity to pitch in the postseason at Wrigley Field, where he once cheered for the Cubs in the 2016 World Series . Now, after a breakthrough season in which the Brewers salvaged him from Boston’s Triple-A outpost, Priester would be pitching against his boyhood team with a chance to help his new team snap a streak of October one-and-done's.

It was set up to be something magical. It turned into something else entirely.

Priester’s start lasted 39 pitches and only two outs in the Brewers’ 4-3 loss in Game 3 of the National League Division Series, when a four-run Chicago first inning and a collection of missed opportunities for Milwaukee to answer denied a sweep and left the Brewers with a 2-1 lead in the

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