MILWAUKEE – The Brewers have gone into postseasons as underdogs and as favorites. They have been hot and cold, home and away, with a multitude of stars or a collection of undersized hitters and unheralded out-getters. And yet no matter the circumstances, the venue or their talent on paper, the result of each of their last five forays into October since 2019 had been, maddeningly, the same: One and done.

Not this year.

This year, the Brewers are moving on.

William Contreras and Andrew Vaughn each hit go-ahead solo home runs and Brice Turang shrugged off a miserable series to mash a huge insurance shot while five Brewers pitchers cobbled their way to 27 outs and a 3-1 win over the Cubs in winner-take-all Game 5 of the National League Division Series at American Family Field on Saturday. I

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