MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio left Saturday’s NL Division Series opener against the Chicago Cubs with a hamstring injury after becoming the first player to have three hits in the first two innings of a postseason game.
Chourio spent a month on the injured list after suffering a strained right hamstring while running the bases on a triple in a July 29 victory over the Cubs.
“It’s scary,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said during the TBS telecast of Game 1. “He had a hamstring that kept him out a month, and it’s the same hamstring, so we’re worried about it. It’s really unfortunate.”
The Brewers announced Chourio’s injury as right hamstring tightness.
Chourio hit a bases-loaded grounder up the third-base line in the second inning. He beat the throw for an RBI single that extended the Brewers’ lead to 9-1, but he moved awkwardly after crossing first base.
Chourio, 21, departed after he was visited by Murphy and head athletic trainer Brad Epstein. Isaac Collins entered as a pinch runner and remained in the game in left field.
Chourio also hit a leadoff double and a two-run single as part of the Brewers’ six-run outburst in the first inning. He finished 3-for-3 with three RBIs and a run.
The Brewers won 9-3. Game 2 is at 8:08 p.m. Monday in Milwaukee.
Chourio capped his rookie season last year by going 5-for-11 with two home runs in the Brewers’ NL wild-card-series loss to the New York Mets.
Originally Published: October 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM CDT