MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WFRV) - The Milwaukee Brewers are four wins away from the National League Pennant, after they eliminated their hated rivals 90 miles to the south with a 3-1 win in Game 5 of the National League Divisional Series.
The Chicago Cubs came into the winner-take-all with most of the momentum after tying the series at two games apiece on Thursday night, coming back from a 2-0 series deficit from a pair of Brewers onslaughts in Games 1 and 2.
Both teams started out of the bullpen, with the Brewers sending right-hander Trevor Megill to the mound and the Cubs putting lefty Drew Pomeranz on the bump as each ballclub sought a more atypical approach to the must-win game.
The Brewers started well on the mound, as Megill sat Chicago down in order to start the game, the first time all s