By Andy McCullough, Patrick Mooney and Sahadev Sharma
For the first time since 2018, the Milwaukee Brewers have won a postseason series, advancing to the National League Championship Series after downing the Chicago Cubs, 3-1, in Game 5 of the National League Division Series.
With each team running a bullpen game, it was the Brewers — the team dogged all season for their lack of power — who swatted three solo homers to ignite the crowd at American Family Field and send the Cubs packing. The trio of William Contreras, Andrew Vaughn and Brice Turang all went deep. Jacob Misiorowski provided four innings of one-run ball for Milwaukee, and his fellow rookie, Chad Patrick, pitched the club out of a massive jam to keep Milwaukee ahead in the sixth.
MORE MAGIC IS ON THE WAY#MagicBrew pic.twitter.com/XNXpHdZl71 — Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) October 12, 2025
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