William Contreras, Andrew Vaughn and Brice Turang blasted solo home runs to give Milwaukee a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday in a winner-take-all Major League Baseball playoff showdown.

The host Brewers captured the National League Division Series 3-2 to claim a berth in the NL Championship Series against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

That best-of-seven matchup begins Monday in Milwaukee, with the winner to meet Toronto or Seattle in the World Series.

"This is unbelievable," Vaughn said. "We've got a lot of work to do but let's soak in this moment.

"This is awesome. Crowd has been electric. Unbelievable. It was special."

All three Milwaukee homers came with two outs in an inning.

"We fight back," Vaughn said. "If somebody throws a punch at us

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