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The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago Cubs 3-1 in a decisive Game 5 to advance in the postseason.

This victory ended a streak of five consecutive playoff exits without a series win for the Brewers.

Solo home runs from William Contreras, Andrew Vaughn, and Brice Turang accounted for all of Milwaukee's runs.

The Brewers' pitching staff, including several rookies, held the Cubs to just one run in the do-or-die game.

Year in and year out, the answers from the Milwaukee Brewers remained the same. But that never made the questions go away.

Each fall, in lockstep with Oktoberfest and jaunts to Holy Hill, the Brewers reached the postseason. And each time, they crashed and burned.

Over a span of six seasons from 2019-24, Milwaukee, baseball’s model of small-market

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