AI-assisted summary
Milwaukee hit three home runs, including three-run shots from Andrew Vaughn and Jackson Chourio, to score all of its runs.
William Contreras also homered to give the Brewers a lead in the third inning.
The Brewers bullpen threw 7 ⅓ scoreless innings after a difficult start from opener Aaron Ashby.
Twenty-seven outs.
That’s all that separates the Milwaukee Brewers from getting the early postseason exit monkey off their backs, from satisfyingly sending their fiercest rivals home, from keeping one of the most magical seasons in the franchise’s history alive.
And they’ve got three cracks to pull it off.
With a 7-3 Game 2 win in front of another raucous brigade at American Family Field on October 6, one that featured both the club’s patented resolve and a new, Octob