Played on October 1,[2] Washington won by a score of 4–3 to advance to the National League Division Series to face the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Although Max Scherzer had suffered a series of injuries since mid-season, manager Dave Martinez decided to go with him as Washington's starter for the game.

[9] Scherzer walked the Brewers′ first batter, right fielder Trent Grisham, and then gave up a home run in the next Milwaukee at-bat to catcher Yasmani Grandal.

[11] The game's third through seventh innings thus mostly passed quietly, although an electrical malfunction at Nationals Park caused fire alarms to sound in the fourth inning and knocked out the public address system for several minutes, resulting in the nightly Presidents Race being run without the customary play-by-play and with third baseman Anthony Rendon and left fielder Juan Soto coming to bat unannounced in the bottom of the fourth.

Milwaukee closer Josh Hader came in for a potential six-out save and struck out center fielder Victor Robles to start the inning.

[9][10][11] Trea Turner struck out, but pinch hitter Ryan Zimmerman then hit a broken-bat single to center, advancing Taylor to third.

[9][10][11] Daniel Hudson then closed for the Nats, giving up one hit in a scoreless ninth inning and earning the save by getting Ben Gamel to fly out to lock down a 4–3 victory.