MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Brewers belted three solo homers and five pitchers combined on a four-hitter for a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night in the decisive fifth game of the National League Division Series between Central Division rivals.

The Brewers, who have the No. 1 overall seed and home-field advantage for the entire postseason, advance to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series, which begins Monday.

William Contreras, Andrew Vaughn and Brice Turang each homered for the Brewers, who are in the playoffs for the seventh time in eight seasons but had not won a playoff series since the NLDS in 2018. They lost to the Dodgers four games to three in the NLCS that season.

The Brewers won the first two games of the 2025 NLDS at home, bef

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