Overview

• William Contreras, Andrew Vaughn and Brice Turang hit two-out solo homers that produced all of Milwaukee’s runs.
• Milwaukee deployed an opener-bullpen plan with Trevor Megill, then rookie Jacob Misiorowski for bulk innings before Aaron Ashby, Chad Patrick and Abner Uribe closed it out.
• Five Brewers pitchers limited Chicago to one run on four hits with eight strikeouts in the winner-take-all game.
• Seiya Suzuki’s second-inning solo shot provided the Cubs’ only run after they had fought back to force Game 5 with two wins at Wrigley Field.
• The Brewers advance to face the defending champion Dodgers, with NLCS Game 1 scheduled for Monday, Oct. 13 at 7:08 p.m. in Milwaukee.