Brewers power past Cubs in Game 5, advance to NLCS versus LA Dodgers

Hard-throwing rookie Jacob Misiorowski capped his playoff resurgence with a second dominant outing to help the Milwaukee Brewers to 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.

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With both teams cobbling together a bullpen game, Misiorowski (2-0) allowed the Cubs’ only run on a homer by Seiya Suzuki, but the 23-year-old right-hander gave up just two singles in a four-inning stint for his second victory of the series.

The Brewers, who have the No. 1 overall seed and home-field advantage for the entire postseason, advanced to host the Los Angeles (LA) Dodgers in the National League Championship Series (NLCS), which begins on 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 before the Cubs rallied to take the next two in Chicago to set up the winner-take-all fifth game.