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Chourio picked up a pair of the Brewers’ five hits on the game a day after leaving with cramps in his hamstring. The 21-year-old was excellent for the Brew Crew in the postseason, but the season is over for the ever-so-talented outfielder and the 97-win Milwaukee club. Chourio has fantasy superstar potential, and should be an early-round target in all eligible formats in 2026.

Chourio was removed from Thursday’s lineup with cramping, but the 21-year-old is good to go for the must-win game against Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers. The full lineup for Milwaukee: Bryce Turang 2B, Chourio LF, Christian Yelich DH, William Contreras C, Jake Bauers 1B, Sal Frelick RF, Caleb Durbin 3B, Blake Perkins CF and Joey Ortiz SS.

Brewers manager Pat Murphy told reporters afterwards that Chourio was having continual cramps after fouling off a two-strike offering from Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen in the seventh inning, which led to his exit from the contest. Murphy added that the 21-year-old superstar will continue receiving treatment and there’s optimism he’ll be ready for Friday’s win-or-go-home Game 4 showdown in Los Angeles.

Chourio was forced to exit mid–at-bat with an apparent right leg injury. He immediately grabbed at his right hamstring after fouling off a two-strike pitch from Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen in the seventh inning, with Milwaukee trailing by two runs at the time. The 21-year-old franchise cornerstone was unable to put enough weight on his leg to continue and had to be helped off the field. Chourio has been dealing with a lingering hamstring issue since re-aggravating the injury in Game 1 of the NLDS against the Cubs, and it appeared to flare up again here. The Brewers should provide an update on his status after the contest.

Chourio’s storybook playoff run continued as he took Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto deep for a leadoff homer on the first pitch of the ballgame. The 21-year-old prodigy is poised to re-write Milwaukee’s postseason record books as he’s already tied the franchise record with four big flies in just 10 games. Unfortunately, Milwaukee’s offense was unable to get anything else going against Yamamoto, who wound up going the distance, reeling off eight consecutive scoreless frames to close the contest.

Brewers manager Pat Murphy is going to shake things up when they face Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto after his club was limited to just one run on two hits by Dodgers starter Blake Snell in Monday’s series opener. Bauers came off the bench to deliver a ground-rule double in the ninth inning against high-leverage reliever Roki Sasaki and will draw his second start of the postseason in this one. Here’s the full lineup: Jackson Chourio (RF), Brice Turang (2B), William Contreras (C), Christian Yelich (DH), Andrew Vaughn (1B), Sal Frelick (CF), Caleb Durbin (3B), Bauers (LF) and Joey Ortiz (SS).

Chourio gets the nod in the leadoff spot over veteran Christian Yelich as Milwaukee’s top-of-the-order table-setter to face Dodgers lefty ace Blake Snell to kick off the extended best-of-seven series at American Family Field. The 21-year-old franchise cornerstone told reporters his right hamstring is feeling close to full strength again after aggravating the issue during last week’s NLDS opener against the Cubs. Here’s the full lineup: Chourio (RF), Christian Yelich (DH), William Contreras (C), Brice Turang (2B), Andrew Vaughn (1B), Sal Frelick (CF), Caleb Durbin (3B), Isaac Collins (LF) and Joey Ortiz (SS).

Although he left Game 1 in the second and Game 2 late after a modest setback, Chourio started all five games against the Cubs and went 7-for-18 with one homer and six RBI. He figures to be in left field tonight.

Cubs opener Drew Pomeranz could pitch through Yelich before turning the ball over to the pen. The full lineup: Chourio (LF), Brice Turang (2B), William Contreras (C), Christian Yelich (DH), Andrew Vaughn (1B), Sal Frelick (RF), Caleb Durbin (3B), Blake Perkins (CF) and Joey Ortiz (SS).

Chourio remains in Milwaukee’s lineup for Thursday night’s potential series-clinching contest at Wrigley Field despite battling a lingering right hamstring issue that hasn’t adversely impacted his availability throughout the best-of-five series. Blake Perkins is back in center field over Brandon Lockridge with Andrew Vaughn at first base over Jake Bauers to face Cubs veteran lefty Matthew Boyd: Here’s the full lineup: Christian Yelich (DH), Chourio (LF), William Contreras (C), Brice Turang (2B), Vaughn (1B), Caleb Durbin (3B), Sal Frelick (RF), Perkins (CF) and Joey Ortiz (SS).