MILWAUKEE — A few hours before Monday night’s 7-3 Brewers victory in Game 2 of the National League Division Series, a game which pushed the Cubs to the brink of elimination, Brewers manager Pat Murphy showed why he may not have a future as a prognosticator.

“We’re not,” he insisted, “going to out-homer teams.”

Except when they do.

The Brewers launched a trio of dingers, all with two outs, to sink the Cubs and thrill the fans at American Family Field. Andrew Vaughn supplied a game-tying, three-run blast in the first inning off Cubs starter Shota Imanaga. William Contreras put the Brewers ahead with a solo shot in the third. And Jackson Chourio, the 21-year-old outfielder nursing a sore hamstring, launched a three-run homer in the fourth to provide a cushion for the Milwaukee bullpen.

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