Overview
- William Contreras, Andrew Vaughn and Brice Turang supplied all the offense with solo home runs in the first, fourth and seventh innings.
- Milwaukee deployed a bullpen-first plan as Trevor Megill opened, Jacob Misiorowski earned the win, and Aaron Ashby, Chad Patrick and Abner Uribe combined to hold Chicago to four hits.
- Game 5 was played at American Family Field before a crowd reported at more than 42,000 as the Brewers closed out the Division Series 3-2.
- The NLCS opens Monday in Milwaukee against the defending champion Dodgers, with broadcasts scheduled on ESPN and Disney+.
- Milwaukee entered October with MLB's best regular-season record at 97-65 and now gets a rematch of the 2018 NLCS.