Cubs vs. Brewers NLDS Game 2 Highlights (10/6/25) | MLB Highlights

Another sellout crowd at American Family Field. And the Brewers look to take a stranglehold on this series. It's the National League Division Series. Game two of this best of five. The Milwaukee Brewers lead the Chicago Cups one game in a row. After yesterday, I think the day off is the most important thing. They just needed to regroup after that really tough win in the wild card against San Diego. We are expecting a bullpen game from the Brewers here tonight. Aaron Ashby will start. He can give them length, Ron. The only question is how much. Well, you know, his longest outings all season long were three and a third and three and two thirds against the Cubs this past summer. Pat Murphy, the manager, would love to see that again. Michael Bush, their leadoff man, is not in to start the game. He struggles against left-handed pitching, and so Justin Turner will get a spot start, an opener at the top of the Cubs lineup, if you will. Think of it this way. Justin Turner, this is his pinch hit, as ends up being his first at-bat of the game. They've been looking to try to find a way to get him into the lineup or get him an at-bat. They are assured of getting an at-bat here. Bush, who has homered in back-to-back games but starts on the bench as Turner takes one off the hands and flies out to left to begin the night. Nico Horner was one for four. He had one of three solo homers, accounting for all the runs for the Cubs in Saturday's Brewers win. And Horner serves this into right for a one-out single. He's a great contact hitter, and he puts the ball in play to get on base. So with Horner aboard, here's Kyle Tucker, a four-time All-Star, who fouls this one off his foot, actually off his knee, it looked like. Well, he's had the calf strain. He had a moment during the season where he really struggled. And this one, yes, just clips him right on the top of that knee. If you catch it a little lower, sometimes it'll break that kneecap, but it looks like he caught it maybe above the knee. You know, you get him hot as a pistol, and he's also a guy that has almost as much experience as Justin Turner in the postseason. Stays put, and it's ball four. And there are two aboard with one out for the Cubs here in the first. And here comes Seagal Suzuki. He had a very tough time hitting Milwaukee pitching during the regular season. Just six hits in 54 at-bats and only one home run. Here's a swing and a drive. Deep left field. It's got a chance. Get out the tape measure. Long gone run. Homer, Seagal, Suzuki. Cubs lead three to nothing. So much for regular season stats. It's playoff time. Suzuki hit one over the second deck and into the third deck. Here at American Family Field, Cubs up three to nothing. And I think we said it'd probably be good if they get off to a good start. I think that qualifies. And here's the in half. That's strike three. Off-speed pitch catches the corner. And that's the second out of the inning. This is line right at Bryce Terang at second. And the inning is over. Now Shota Imanaga run has been gifted with three runs to work with, thanks to the home run by Suzuki. The genius of the Japanese ball player. And Jackson Shurio digs in against Shota Imanaga. Shurio strikes out. And that's gonna be out number one. It's all about location and being able to command your pitches. And he did that. Here is Bryce Terang, left-handed batter. Back-to-back Ks to begin the night for Imanaga. For his team that doesn't strike out very much. When he's going good, he seems like he has more fun than most pitchers pitching. He's won over Cubs fans since the moment he arrived in Chicago. This is served to left by Contreras for a two-out hit. Around the corner at first and scamper back. That'll bring up Christian Jelic, a heartbeat of this team. And Jelic hits this to left. A two-out rally for the Brewers. Two on, two out. This one dumped right in front of the left fielder. Two on with two away for Andrew Vaughn. Vaughn has seen Imanaga seven times. He's three for seven lifetime against him. Another pay-off. Fly ball left. Time and time again, Andrew Vaughn has come up clutch for the Brewers. His first career post-season homer. I thought I was going to scrape the top of the roof. So a pair of three-run homers back to even in Milwaukee. And that's going to do it for Aaron Ashby. So Justin Turner, a career 270 post-season hitter, ends the day for Aaron Ashby. Pat Murphy is going to the bullpen and Nick Mears will be the first man out of that pen. Here is Nico Horner to face Nick Mears. Nico with an RBI opportunity. Shaw the runner at second. Turner will run for himself at first. And Horner pops it up. It should end the inning. Freelick is there. What a game so far. A lot of trauma. Jacob Mizorowski is on to work for the Brewers in this third inning facing the heart of the order. The post-season debut of the 23-year-old Jacob Mizorowski. An all-star this year. He took baseball by storm, trying to find that June and early July form here in October. 3-3 ballgame here, top of the third inning. Mizorowski facing Happ with Suzuki at first and one away. 3-2 pitch. Swing and a miss. Slider at the very top of the zone at 95. Happ didn't mean to do it. A feeble swing and he's down on strikes. So here's Carson Kelly. Suzuki at first with two outs. Here in the top of the third. Runner takes off from first. That's grounded right back to Mizorowski. And he'll jog all the way to the bag. Flexes at the crowd. He gets the final out. Is with an exciting third. Puts up a zero. We go to the bottom of the third. Here's William Contreras. Hard to catch 104 miles an hour with a broken middle finger, right? Or a compromised middle finger on your left hand. Contreras with a drive to left field. And the Brewers have the lead. A no doubt shot from William Contreras. You're saying compromised because some of the injuries. He still caught 128 games. He's still one of the best hitting catchers in all of baseball. 411 feet off the bat at 107.6. It was a no doubter for Wild Bill. First career post-season home run for William Contreras. What a game. We're in the fourth. There's plenty more to come or it feels that way anyway. And he fans Pete Gold Armstrong. Now the hardest thing to do is try to get a guy who's throwing 100 plus in the zone. Swanson rung up. Mizorowski tying him in a knot. It's one of those breaking balls that starts inside. Just breaks enough. That'll bring up Michael Bush out of the dugout as expected, spelling Justin Turner. Career high 34 homers during the regular season for Bush. And he flies one to left field. Tailing away from Churio towards the corner and he makes the catch. In front of the railing. Churio just wanting to make sure he found that wall more than anything. And makes the catch down in the left field corner in foul territory. Durbin is hit by a pitch. No shock there. The human magnet, Caleb Durbin. He was hit by 24 pitches in the regular season. Second most in Major League Baseball. And the Brewers have a one out base runner here. Ortiz comes up. Ortiz lines one up the middle. A two out single for Joey Ortiz who picks up his first career post-season hit and turns the lineup over to Churio. No team in the National League better with runners in scoring position. No team in baseball better with runners in scoring position and two outs. Churio at the dish. You just don't see this. You don't see a guy leaving early in a game because of an injury and then playing two days later. Churio with a drive. Center field. Way back there. All seven runs for Milwaukee via the long ball tonight. All the runs scored with two outs. You just gave the number. Best in baseball. Hitting with runners in scoring position at two outs. The lights are never too bright for the 21 year old Jackson Churio. A three run blast. It is seven to three Milwaukee. The hamstring is just fine. That kid is built for October. Warner lands one in the right field for a base hit. Nice start to the fifth inning. Warner's second base hit of the game. Here comes Kyle Tucker. An 0-for-1 with a walk and a run scored. Tucker strikes out. Four K's for Mizorowski. Suzuki with a fly ball to right. Shallow. Freelick. Run out of room perhaps. He makes the catch against the railing. No margin for error. Well maybe most right fielders they would run out of play but not Sal Freelick. Gamer as he crashes into that wall to make an outstanding play. What a play. Former football player. Two away. Ian App digs in. Warner at first. Cubs down seven three. Top of the fifth. Popped up. Churio long way to go. Loses his hat. That makes the catch and foul ground. Side retired. Miz pumps the fist. Screams up into the air. Three scoreless innings from Jacob Mizorowski. Bottom of the sixth here in Milwaukee. Caleb Turbin leaps off of the Brewers. 7-8-9 here. There's a fly ball to left field. Hap going back. That ball is tracked down by Pete Carl Armstrong. Came out of nowhere to make the catch. Reacts as soon as that ball's off the bat. He made a very difficult play. It looked like it was gonna be a double off the bat into a pretty easy catch to Crow Armstrong. Brewers trying to take a stranglehold in this series. Bouncing ball from Perkins up the middle. Swanson with the put out for the second out of the inning. For these Brewers fans who felt like it was personal when Craig Council went down I-94 to their bitter rivals in the big city. They would love nothing more than to turn the screws. Bouncing ball from Ortiz. It'll stay fair. It's an infield single. Another two out hit for Milwaukee. You just can't retire this team. One, two, three. They mix in a hit by pitch. They mix in an infield hit. Had the most infield hits in baseball this year. Shurio's had himself a night following up a terrific performance in an abbreviated game in game one. Another hard hit ball. Diving stop by Swanson. And he throws wide of the bag at second. This gets all the way to right field and both runners will move up. Such a fine play. First to get to it by Swanson but not able to complete it with the air and throw. Remember last night, Niko Horner with the error kind of opened the floodgates for the Brewers. Chicago Cubs who had the third fewest errors in baseball during the regular season committing their second of the series. It prolongs the inning and gives Bryce Terang an opportunity here with two on and two out. There's a big chopper to a charging Horner at second. Gloves it underhand feed to Bush on the bag in time. No runs from Milwaukee. Cubs need to rally. All right, it's the lefty Jared Koenig. So he'll get this seventh inning worth the eighth inning on Saturday. Gave up a solo home run to Niko Horner but that was it. Koenig had that great finish to the regular season. Such a big part of this bullpen. The last couple of seasons. Lineup turns over. Here's Michael Bush. Chopper, first base side. Tough play for Vaughn. He'll flip to the covering. Koenig and they get out. Bang play and Koenig arrived in the nick of time. Red council and the Cubs taking a look. They will not challenge. Well, Koenig wasn't running that hard over there first. The good play by Vaughn down the line and he throws it perfectly to just time it just right for Koenig to get that right foot on the bag. Eight straight retired by Milwaukee pitching. First pitch swing for Niko Horner. That's a fly out to right. It's a one, two, three, seventh inning for Jared Koenig. Trevor McGill checks into the postseason. McGill so critical for this Brewers bullpen over the course of the regular year. An all-star at the midway point. He's saved 30 games this year. Had 60 strikeouts in 47 and a third innings of work. McGill ready to go against Seas Suzuki. One, one. Swing and a fly ball hit to left. Not deep. Turrio there. Two away. Two outs for Ian Happ will turn around and hit from the left side of the plate. A couple of strikeouts and a fly out to left. Two and two on Ian Happ. Here's the pitch. Curve ball popped up shallow right. Terang is out. In comes Freelick. Sal is there. Makes the catch. Inning over. Trevor McGill raises his arms and says, let's go boys. Abner Uribe is on to try and put the finishing touches on the Chicago Cubs in this ninth inning. And give the Brewers a two games to none series lead. The series shifting to the north side of Chicago on Wednesday. Here's his pitch. Swing and a miss and a slider one away. Devastating slider from Uribe. 13 straight Cubs retired by the Brewers bullpen. Pete Crow Armstrong will be the hitter. PCA down on strikes. A pair of strikeouts for Abner Uribe. The Cubs are down to their final out in game two. And now the last hope for the Cubs is Dansby Swanson. Brewers pitchers have retired 14 in a row. One strike for a 2-0 series lead. Got him! Uribe strikes out the side in the ninth. And the Brewers have a stranglehold in this series. The Milwaukee magic keeps rolling. The Brewers bullpen retires the last 15 batters in a row. And the Cubs are on the brink as the series shifts to Chicago.