Meanwhile, the American League is down to just one series after the top-seeded Toronto Blue Jays dispatched the fourth-seeded New York Yankees in four games to advance to the ALCS. The Blue Jays await the winner of the second-seeded Seattle Mariners-sixth-seeded Detroit Tigers matchup.

The Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers meet in Game 4 of the NLDS on Thursday, October 9.

Kerkering's agonizing error was the final twist in a gripping battle between two of the most expensively-assembled lineups in baseball.

“It feels great,” Guerrero said through a translator. “Everybody was just together since the first day. You could tell that something special was there.”

The New York Yankees were already down a run to the Toronto Blue Jays with one out in the seventh inning, their postseason rapidly slipping away.

"Grish and Bellinger, two guys that had incredible years," Judge said after the game in a clip posted by SNY on X.