The lone bright spot from the Brewers' offense in their Game 2 loss to the Dodgers

For roughly 11 minutes last night, the Milwaukee Brewers held the lead and gave the packed crowd at American Family Field something to cheer about. On the first pitch of what became a history-making performance from Los Angeles Dodgers' starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Jackson Chourio crushed an opposite-field homer over the fence in right-center, giving the Brewers a one-run lead.

While the lead was handed back to the Dodgers in the top of the second inning, after Teoscar Hernández skied a towering home run to left field and Andy Pages lined a two-out RBI double down the right-field line later in the inning, Chourio's homer was a memorable one, not only because it started the Brewers off on the right foot after a disappointing Game 1 performance from the offense, but also because it cemented the 21-year-old's name in the Brewers' record books.

With his second homer of the 2025 postseason, and the fourth of his brief 10-game playoff career, the 21-year-old Chourio is now tied for the most postseason home runs in franchise history, joining Orlando Arcia and Prince Fielder at the four-homer mark.

However, that wasn't the only history that Chourio made on Tuesday night. According to a post from MLB Network's account on the social media platform X, Chourio is one of just six players in MLB history to drive in 10 or more runs in the postseason before turning 22. The other five players to accomplish the impressive feat? Andruw Jones, Miguel Cabrera, Juan Soto, Mickey Mantle, and Rafael Devers. It's safe to say, based on those five names, that the stat is a good omen for Chourio's career going forward. All of those players are either in the Hall of Fame or have a strong case for becoming a member in the near future.

Jackson Chourio's historic night is the only silver lining from an otherwise disappointing performance by the Brewers' offense

Chourio's leadoff homer seemed like the perfect catalyst for getting Milwaukee's offense going after a lackluster performance in Game 1 on Monday night. However, following the first-pitch solo shot, the Brewers' offense failed to scratch across a single run, meaning Yamamoto, who ended up pitching a complete game, covered 27 outs in-a-row without surrendering a run.

To make matters worse, the Brewers managed just two hits and one walk following Chourio's leadoff home run, making it consecutive nights where their offense has failed to show up when they needed it most. Yes, the Dodgers starting pitchers, Yamamoto and Blake Snell, each turned in one of their best performances of the season over the last two nights, but for a Brewers team that prides themselves on making starting pitchers' lives difficult by working deep into counts and being selectively aggressive at the plate, the first two games of the NLCS showcased a stark change in approach.

Outside of Chourio, who holds a .973 OPS this postseason despite battling through a lingering hamstring injury, just one Brewers hitter has an OPS north of .770 and it's Jake Bauers, who has collected just eight at-bats in the playoffs. Outside of some timely solo homers in Game 5 of the NLDS, Milwaukee's offense has largely gone quiet after their explosion in Games 1 and 2 against the Chicago Cubs. They have become shockingly home-run dependent after being one of the most versatile offenses in baseball during the regular season.

For the Brewers to pull off the comeback against the Dodgers in the NLCS, the team will need more than just Chourio to do damage at the plate. It will take a full-squad effort to knock out the defending champions.