MILWAUKEE -- Jackson Chourio is only 22. Nobody in Brewers history has hit more postseason home runs.
And he’s never hit one harder than he did Saturday.
Chourio electrified American Family Field with a game-tying, two-run homer off Padres left-hander Robbie Ray in the third inning of the Brewers' National League Division Series opener. His fifth career postseason home run broke Milwaukee’s franchise record, snapping a tie with Orlando Arcia and Prince Fielder.
It also put him alongside Kyle Schwarber and Juan Soto for the most postseason home runs before turning 23.
The exit velocity? A blistering 113.3 mph, making it the hardest-hit home run of Chourio’s Major League career, surpassing his previous best of 110.3 mph.
Until that swing, Ray had largely kept Milwaukee quiet. Christian Yelich’s first-inning single accounted for the Brewers’ only baserunner through two frames, while San Diego grabbed a 2-0 lead during Jacob Misiorowski’s rocky second.
Garrett Mitchell opened the third with an excuse-me single. After Joey Ortiz grounded out, Chourio supplied a swing that required no apologies.
The blast erased the deficit, jolted Milwaukee’s offense and gave the home crowd another October moment from a player already building quite a collection.
“In big moments, he shines,” Brewers general manager Matt Arnold said Friday.
One day later, Chourio supplied the latest evidence.