The Milwaukee Brewers became baseball’s first 90-win team after rookie Luis Lara’s extra-inning heroics and a sensational Jackson Chourio home run.
The Milwaukee Brewers are the first team in baseball with 90 wins.
In an instant classic, rookie Luis Lara hit his first career walk-off against the Brewers' greatest rivals.
The Chicago Cubs brought everything to this one, including an early run scored against Jacob Misiorowski.
The Brewers immediately answered in the bottom of the first, and then a wild ninth inning saw both teams add two runs.
Garrett Mitchell threw a 96 mph assist from center field to record a crucial 10th-inning out, which saw DL Hall put up a zero against the Cubs.
Hall ended up with the win, so he's now 3-0 on the year. Sal Frelick's crucial pinch hit and Luis Lara's game-ending single put this game on ice, 4-3, in what will undoubtedly go down as one of the Brewers' best wins of the year.
Jackson Chourio saved the game in the ninth
Down to their final out, the Brewers couldn't have asked for anyone better to step up to the plate.
Joey Ortiz struck out, and Mitchell lined out to center, but Christian Yelich, who entered the game as a pinch hitter, hit a huge single to keep this game alive.
Yelich drove in a crucial run the night prior, so his hot streak continued here in game two against the Cubs.
Jacob Webb would go on to blow his seventh save of the year as Jackson Chourio's 22nd home run of the year tied this game up at three.
Trevor Megill came into the game tied 1-1, but he allowed a rare two runs and only recorded one out on 25 pitches.
Instead of picking up the loss, the Brewers offense had his back, and then Hall slammed the door shut, recording five outs in 17 pitches.
Lara was the hero
Former Brewers manager Craig Counsell decided to walk Gary Sanchez in the eighth to bring Lara to the plate. It's not like Sanchez has done anything notable lately, but Counsell knew the Cubs were better off facing a 21-year-old who has just one career home run.
Brice Turang's leadoff double turned into him and Sal Frelick, who pinch-ran for Sanchez, at second and third with two outs. Lara guessed wrong and ended up striking out in seven pitches.
Manager Pat Murphy gave Lara a bit of a pep talk as he came to the plate in the 10th with the bases loaded and only one out. The only thing Lara couldn't do was ground into a double play, and he did the complete opposite as he poked a single to left field to end the game.
