The Brewers tie the NL wild card series with the Mets behind Chourio and Mitchell

And the youth should lead them.

The Milwaukee Brewers were six outs away from another humiliating exit in the postseason, hitting a game-winning home run from Jackson Chourio and the go-ahead run, a two-run home run from Garrett Mitchell, to defeat the New York Mets 5-0 . 3, Wednesday night in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series at American Family Field.

Chourio's home run was his second of the game; He led off the bottom of the first with an opposite-field shot against Mets starter Sean Manaea after three pitches.

Game 2 Box Score:Brewers 5, Mets 3

Meanwhile, Mitchell came into the game as a pinch-runner in the sixth. The at-bat was his first of the game and came after Willy Adames hit a single to left with two outs and the score was 3-3.

Phil Maton threw a first-pitch curveball and Mitchell smacked it into right-center, electrifying the crowd as he gestured to fans as he rounded the bases.

Devin Williams left the Mets in the ninth game of the series, putting the finishing touches to the Brewers' six-game losing streak in the playoffs that stretched into 2021.

Jackson Chourio has a short memory

“I think it will be a beautiful game,” Chourio told reporters early Tuesday afternoon.

Then, three pitches before the end of the first, he hit an 0-2 sinker that Manaea had left over the plate to right to tie the Brewers at 1-1 against the Mets and the crowd of 40,350 to send viewers into a frenzy.

It was the second postseason leadoff home run in franchise history. Corey Hart led off Game 6 of the 2011 NLCS by going deep against the St. Louis Cardinals.

What a response from the 20-year-old Chourio to his fifth-inning fielding gaffe in Game 1, an error that opened the door for the Mets to mount a game-winning five-run rally in an 8-4 loss.

The first-inning home run was the second Manaea allowed to the Brewers in five days. Rhys Hoskins hit a grand slam against him last Friday.

Another short leash for a Milwaukee starter

Freddy Peralta allowed three runs in the second inning in Game 1, but finally found his groove, retiring nine batters in a row before being retired by manager Pat Murphy with a pitch count of just 68.

There's certainly some truth to the “third time through the order” argument, but after seeing things immediately go wrong after Payamps moved in, that just added fuel to the fire for fans who believed Murphy's hook it happened too quickly for Peralta.

Montas had retired six of seven batters, including the last two via strikeouts, before being lifted by Murphy with a runner on second in the fourth and his pitch count at 60.

Trevor Megill came in and initiated a flyout to keep the score at 3-1 and the book with a six-hit, three-run (one earned), one-walk, three-strikeout start for Montas to complete.

The Brewers' veterans were (mostly) MIA

One of the series' most intriguing storylines was the way the Brewers' core of young and inexperienced players would perform under the brightest lights.

As it turned out, they did more than well, with Chourio shining, Brice Turang scoring multiple goals in each game, and Sal Frelick showing tremendous toughness by overcoming a painful left hip bruise to provide offense at the back of the lineup.

However, Milwaukee's veterans were a different story.

Willy Adames was 0 for 3 with a walk in Game 1 and 1 for 4 with a run scored in Game 2. William Contreras was 1 for 4 with two RBI in Game 1 and 1 for 4 in Game 2. And Rhys Hoskins was 0 for 3 with an RBI and a walk in Game 1 and 0 for 4 in Game 2.

Needless to say, when the best and most consistent run producers are so blatantly failing to produce, it's hard to win a game, let alone in the postseason.

The rookie comes through again

And right on cue, when the Brewers needed a boost and the crowd of 40,350 had deflated, Chourio delivered.

With New York leading 3-2 and just three outs away from turning the game over to closer Edwin Diaz, the rookie faced right-hander Maton.

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