The path to becoming a playoff hero can be unconventional.

Andrew Vaughn has done damage to both sides of Chicago, and his solo home run with two outs in the fourth inning Saturday broke a 1-1 tie and drove the Brewers into the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2018.

There was a charter jet waiting at the Milwaukee airport to fly the Cubs to Los Angeles late Saturday night. But it stayed empty, as the season ended with a 3-1 loss in Game 5 of the division series.

This turned out to be a battle of solo home runs. The Brewers went deep off three Cubs pitchers, and all came with two outs. William Contreras homered in the first, Vaughn in the fourth and Brice Turang in the seventh.

Seiya Suzuki’s leadoff home run in the second inning was the only scoring for the

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