For the second straight game, Milwaukee grabbed a quick 1-0 lead on a homer. This time, it was Adames who went deep, and it came on the game's seventh pitch.
Josh Hader pitched a scoreless ninth for his 13th save. He is the first pitcher in major league history to go 13-for-13 on save chances to start a season.
Now the 2021-22 Minnesota Wild will be remembered similarly to many of their predecessors: a regular-season team that flamed out far too early in the postseason.
Duluth native Noah Pauley, a Central High School graduate who went on to play and coach at Minnesota Duluth, will work with the Green Bay Packers over the next two months as part of the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship.