Andrew Vaughn homered to break the tie in the fourth inning and William Contreras and Brice Turang also homered as the Milwaukee Brewers shook off their recent history of playoff frustration by beating the Chicago Cubs in the decisive Game 5 of the National League Division Series on Saturday.
Los Brewersmaking their 7th playoff appearance in the last 8 years, won their first postseason series since sweeping Colorado in the Serie Divisional of 2018. Milwaukee was on the brink of its second-ever World Series appearance that year before losing Game 7 of the NLCS at home to Los Angeles Dodgers.
Brewers will face Dodgers
Now they will have revenge in the National League Championship Series with the Dodgerswho defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in four games in the other National League Division Series. The first game is on Monday Milwaukee.
Milwaukee won with a very hands-on pitching approach in the last game against Chicago. Trevor Megill Jacob MisiorowskiAaron Ashby, Chad Patrick and Abner Uribe combined to pitch a four-hitter.
that the Brewers ending their frustration in recent postseason history was particularly sweet for the fans of Milwaukee because he faced his biggest rival and eliminated the manager of the CubsCraig Counsell, de la postseason.
Counsell grew up in the Milwaukee area, played for the Brewers and became the winningest manager in team history until he left for Chicago.
Los Cubs they had forced a Game 5 by winning two in a row at Wrigley Field. They were trying to become the 11th team to erase a 2-0 deficit and win a best-of-five playoff series, something the New York Yankees against Cleveland in their 2017 Division Series.
The home runs produced all the runs in this winner-take-all game, and each of Milwaukee’s came with two outs.
Cubs vs. Brewers: Result and summary – Game 5 MLB Playoffs 2025
Contreras he hit a thunderbolt 389 feet to left-center field off Drew Pomeranz in the first inning. Vaughn hit Colin Rea’s 3-2 pitch over the left-field wall to break a one-run tie, and Turang provided some insurance with a 416-foot shot to center by Andrew Kittredge in the seventh.
Seiya Suzukiof Chicago, caught Misiorowski by sending a 101.4 mph fastball into the Cubs’ bullpen to lead off the second inning, but that was the only run the rookie right-hander allowed in 4.0 innings. Misiorowski struck out 3, allowed 3 hits and walked none to earn his second win of the series.
