The Milwaukee Brewers are heading to the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2018. The Brewers defeated the Chicago Cubs by a 3-1 final in Saturday night's winner-take-all Game 5 of the NL Division Series. The Cubs will now head into the offseason.

It was at this ballpark in late August that the Brewers’ zen master, Christian Yelich, urged calm. The Brewers were fresh off a franchise-record 14-game winning streak when they came to Wrigley Field to play five games over four days,

However, the Cubs fired back with two home wins and have now forced a Game 5. Following Game 4, Brewers' manager Pat Murphy gave credit to the Wrigley Field environment.

The Chicago Cubs were eliminated from the National League Division Series with a 3–1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on the road Saturday in a win-or-go-home Game 5.

Major League Baseball adopted the best-of-three format in 2022. Since then, the team winning Game 1 has won the series EVERY time. Winning two straight after losing the first would not seem to be so daunting, but it has proved to be just that.