Jackson Chourio injury update a futile development in Brewers’ World Series hopes

Among a myriad of disappointing events in Game 3 of the NLCS, Jackson Chourio's continued hamstring troubles perhaps top the list.

In the top of the seventh inning, Chourio re-aggravated the same hamstring that he hurt in Game 1 of the NLDS against the Chicago Cubs. He's played through the injury since, though he's clearly been compromised, at least in the field.

The good news is that Chourio assured fans and the media that the injury isn't too serious, and that he hopes to play in Game 4 tonight.

"It was a cramp. Just a cramp there... Right now I feel physically good, and I think tomorrow I could play," Chourio said after Game 3 via interpreter Daniel de Mondesert.

Staring down a 3-0 deficit, it's sort of all hands on deck in Milwaukee right now. If Chourio can play, he will. But it's hard to say how much his presence will matter in a series where the Brewers have been thoroughly outclassed.

Jackson Chourio likely to play Game 4, unlikely to propel Brewers to historic comeback in NLCS

There's only been one team that has completed a 3-0 comeback in MLB postseason history (the 2004 Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees), and while that team of destiny broke the Curse of the Bambino, this Brewers team doesn't seem to have fate on their side.

Chourio remains an absolute force in the postseason, hitting .276/.290/.552 in the team's eight playoff games this year despite being visibly below 100%. He's vital to the Crew's chances of completing this comeback, slim as they may be.

Of course, in order for that comeback to happen, the Brewers need to find a way to beat the Dodgers' unbeatable rotation. After Blake Snell and Yoshinobu Yamamoto carved them up in Milwaukee, Tyler Glasnow took his turn dominating the Brewers in Los Angeles in Game 3, firing off 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball.

You would hope for a reprieve after that murderer's row of aces, but alas, this is the Dodgers. In Game 4, the Crew will face off against $700 million man Shohei Ohtani, who delivered a quality start and struck out nine in his lone postseason appearance thus far (against the Philadelphia Phillies). None of the Brewers' regulars have ever faced Ohtani on the mound, so it'll be a novel experience for all involved.

Even if Chourio plays, he won't magically be back to full health. He's compromised right now, and he won't be able to beat Ohtani and the Dodgers alone. After scoring one run in each of the first three games of the NLCS, the Brewers will need the entire lineup to start clicking in order to have any chance at making history.