The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs are currently battling in a winner-take-all National League Division Series Game 5 at American Family Field.
Milwaukee, which entered the postseason with MLB’s best regular-season record, lost the last two games at Wrigley Field after opening the series with dominant home wins. Historically, only 10 teams in Major League history have erased a 2-0 deficit to win a best-of-five series. Similarly, the Cubs are attempting to replicate that feat.
Right-hander Trevor Megill, normally the Brewers’ closer, opened on the mound and tossed a flawless first inning, the first time in the series that Milwaukee prevented Chicago from scoring in the opening frame. Megill retired the side on 11 pitches, including a strikeout of Kyle Tucker on a 99-mph fastball th