MILWAUKEE -- After failing to keep Cubs hitters in the ballpark during the first inning of each of the first four games of the National League Division Series, the Brewers will try something novel in the winner-take-all Game 5 on Saturday night.

All-Star closer Trevor Megill will start.

Megill has started as an opener for the Brewers before, but that was prior to his breakthrough as fill-in closer last season while Devin Williams rehabbed a back injury and an equally successful run as Milwaukee’s full-time closer in 2025, when Megill compiled a 2.49 ERA and 30 saves during a regular season interrupted near the end by a strained right flexor . He was able to make it back for an inning of relief against the Reds in the regular-season finale, which set up Megill to be on the NLDS roster

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