Padres star Manny Machado livid after Garrett Mitchell robs potential game-tying home run, helping Brewers advance to NLCS

Manny Machado was so, so close to tying things up on Wednesday.

But thanks to a wild catch from Garrett Mitchell, the Milwaukee Brewers are headed to the National League Championship Series for a second straight season.

Machado, with the Padres down by two runs in the eighth inning in Game 4 of the NLDS, hit a deep shot to center field. It looked like a home run instantly. Machado stopped and stared from home plate, and Petco Park erupted with the idea that the game was going to be tied.

But Mitchell played it perfectly and managed to get in front of the ball right at the wall to make the two-handed grab. The Brewers went on to win 3-1 , clinching the series victory.

"Just got a good read off the bat, got back to the wall as quickly as I could just to get my feet set and made the play," Mitchell said on FS1 after the win. "But great swing by him."

Machado was, understandably, livid. He ripped his helmet off and was spotted smashing it repeatedly in the dugout.

The photos of Mitchell's catch are incredible, too — and show just how close a group of Padres fans were to actually making an impact on the play. Mitchell, remarkably, cut them off just in time.

And as it turned out, Machado's look was the Padres' last, best chance. They failed to tie the game in the ninth, which ended their season.

Had Machado's home run carried just a little bit further, it could have helped San Diego force a Game 5 in Milwaukee.

But instead, it's the Brewers who will get to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS with a trip to the World Series on the line. Machado and the Padres, thanks to some heroics from Mitchell, are done for the season.