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Before Thursday, the Milwaukee Brewers have played six winner-take-all postseason games, meaning games in which the winner advances (or wins a World Series) while the loser’s season is over.

Milwaukee has had two wins in those situations, and almost every occasion has been tight.

Here’s how the first six in Brewers history went:

1981: Yankees 7, Brewers 3 (American League Division Series)

The strike-split 1981 season made for a strange postseason format, one we now consider somewhat common, and it allowed the Brewers to make their first playoff appearance. The American League East second-half champion Brewers fell behind 2–0 to first-half champion New York Yankees, then came back for two wins at Yankee Stadium to seal a decisive Game 5 to force.

Cecil Cooper’s two-out single in the seventh – he would have another in another game on this list – scored Robin Yount to pull Milwaukee within 4-3, but Rick Cerone’s two-run homer in the bottom half replenished New York’s lead. Then came the cruelest development: With two runners on in the eighth inning against Goose Gossage, Don Money hit a long fly ball to left field that looked like it could be a go-ahead home run.

But it fell safely into Dave Winfield’s glove for the final out. New York scored two insurance runs in their eighth, and the Brewers went 1-2-3 in the ninth. The Yankees then lost the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games.

1982: Brewers 4, Angels 3 (American League Championship Series)

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One of the great moments in Wisconsin sports history came in the seventh, when Cooper’s two-out single scored two runs and turned a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead. The Brewers held on from then on, with Pete Ladd making the final cut against Hall of Famer Rod Carew, sending the Brewers to their first and only World Series.

Just like in 1981, the Brewers went down 2-0 in the series and fought back to a tie, but this time on home court. And in the final game, Milwaukee came through.

The Brewers, of course, lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series.

Since it was a regular season game, we’re not counting Milwaukee’s final against the Baltimore Orioles, in which the winner went to the playoffs and the loser stayed home, but it was essentially a playoff battle in itself.

1982: Cardinals 6, Brouwers 3 (World Series)

The Brewers took a 3-1 lead on Paul Molitor’s single and Cooper’s sacrifice fly in the sixth, but everyone knows how the story ends. Keith Hernandez and George Hendrick drove in three runs on back-to-back plate appearances to give St. Louis a 4-3 lead, and the Cardinals added insurance runs in the eighth to pull away for the World Series championship . Darrell Porter, who first arrived in the major leagues as a Brewer, scored one of the final hits on his way to becoming the World Series MVP.

2011: Brewers 3, Diamondbacks 2 (National League Division Series)

Nyjer Morgan, the colorful outfield asset whose alter ego, “Tony Plush,” helped make him a Milwaukee phenom, was acquired from Washington shortly before the start of the season. It’s a deal that now lasts forever. His single up center in the 10th inning against JJ Putz allowed Carlos Gomez to score from second with the winning run in a walk-off victory to win the series and send the Brewers to the NLCS against St. Louis .

2018: Dodgers 5, Brewers 1 (National League Championship Series)

On the eve of their first World Series since 1982, the Brewers got an early 1-0 lead on a Christian Yelich home run, but Cody Bellinger answered quickly in the top of the second inning to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead. And that was it, essentially. Yasiel Puig hit a three-run homer to center in the sixth to take away some of the drama, and the Brewers were limited to one run on seven hits.

The Dodgers then fell to the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, four games to one.

2019: Nationals 4, Brewers 3 (National League wild card game)

Before the current playoff format, there was only one wildcard series per league, with a one-game playoff, and Milwaukee was in a good position by taking a 3-0 lead over the host nationals. It was 3-1 in the eighth with Brewers bullpen ace Josh Hader on the mound… and disaster struck.

Michael A. Taylor was awarded first base on a hit-by-pitch that appeared to hit the bottom of his bat first, Ryan Zimmerman hit a bloop single to center with two outs, and Anthony Rendon walked around the bases to fill up. Juan Soto’s drive to right was destined to score at least one run and probably two, but it became three when it seeped under right fielder Trent Grisham’s glove. The Brewers couldn’t score in the ninth, and Washington rode the momentum from the thrilling win to the World Series title.