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How a 22-year-old Jackson Chourio beat baseball’s most overpowering closer with the Brewers down to their last strike

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Duarte, M. (2026, October 5). How a 22-year-old Jackson Chourio beat baseball’s most overpowering closer with the Brewers down to their last strike. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/04/sports/jackson-chourio-makes-history-with-walk-off-hit-off-mason-miller-as-brewers-stun-padres/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-05 · by Michael Duarte

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Jackson Chourio, a 22-year-old player for the Milwaukee Brewers, hit a walk-off single against San Diego Padres closer Mason Miller to secure a 4-3 victory in Game 2 of the National League Division Series. Despite facing fastballs clocked at up to 104 mph from Miller, Chourio managed to stay alive and capitalize on a hanging slider, ultimately hitting a 101.3 mph fastball for a game-winning hit. This dramatic moment made Chourio the second-youngest player in MLB history with a postseason walk-off hit.
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In Game 2 of the NLDS between the San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers, the Padres led 3-2 heading into the ninth inning with strong closer Mason Miller on the mound. However, Miller struggled, walking three consecutive batters to load the bases. With two outs, Jackson Chourio hit a walk-off two-run single off a 101.3 mph fastball from Miller, scoring Christian Yelich and Sal Frelick for a 4-3 win by Milwaukee. This victory gave the Brewers a commanding 2-0 series lead, putting the Padres on the brink of elimination as they face Game 3 in San Diego.

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Milwaukee’s 22-year-old star lined Miller’s 101.3 mph fastball through the middle with two outs in the bottom of the ninth Sunday, scoring Christian Yelich and Sal Frelick for a stunning 4-3 walk-off victory over the Padres in Game 2 of the NLDS.
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🔮 “Happy I could come through with that hit there,” Chourio said through an interpreter.

Claims (32 extracted, 1 hedged)

Mason Miller threw Jackson Chourio a 100 mph fastball to begin the biggest at-bat of the Milwaukee Brewers season. asserted
Miller → throw → season
Then he threw him a 102 mph and a 104 mph fastball for strikes. asserted
he → throw → strikes
As Miller continued to throw gas up in the zone, Chourio did his best to battle them off knowing that the San Diego Padres closer was baiting him and soon going to throw a slider. asserted
closer → continue → slider
A hanging slider that was low in the zone. asserted
that → hang → zone
Chourio remarkably laid off it to stay alive. asserted
Chourio → lay → it
With the count 2-2, Miller threw another 101 mph fastball up in the zone. asserted
Miller → throw → zone
This time Chourio was ready and he beat the best closer in baseball. asserted
he → beat → baseball
Milwaukee’s 22-year-old star lined Miller’s 101.3 mph fastball through the middle with two outs in the bottom of the ninth Sunday, scoring Christian Yelich and Sal Frelick for a stunning 4-3 walk-off victory over the Padres in Game 2 of the NLDS. asserted
star → line → NLDS
The Padres entered the ninth with a 3-2 lead and a 98% win probability, handing the baseball to a pitcher who had spent October turning opposing hitters into strikeout statistics. asserted
who → enter → statistics
Miller retired Milwaukee in order in the eighth, giving him 12 strikeouts among his first 15 batters faced this postseason — an MLB record. asserted
Miller → retire → batters
After Miller retired the first batter of the ninth, Yelich walked and stole second. asserted
Yelich → retire → ninth
Frelick walked. asserted
Frelick → walk → ?
Andrew Vaughn flied out, bringing San Diego within one out of escaping Milwaukee with a split. asserted
Vaughn → flie → split
Instead, Gary Sánchez worked a full-count walk to load the bases. asserted
Sánchez → work → bases
Up came Chourio. asserted
Chourio → come → ?
Miller attacked him with the kind of velocity that has made October at American Family Field resemble a drag strip. asserted
October → attack → strip
His fastball registered 104 mph. asserted
fastball → register → mph
Chourio eventually fell behind with two strikes but refused to become another name on Miller’s growing list of strikeout victims. asserted
Chourio → fall → victims
On the sixth pitch of the at-bat, Chourio barreled a 101.3 mph fastball back through the box, just beyond Jake Cronenworth’s desperate diving attempt. asserted
Chourio → barrel → attempt
Yelich scored. asserted
Yelich → score → ?
Frelick followed. asserted
Frelick → follow → ?
The Brewers poured from their dugout while Miller walked off the mound having experienced something few hitters have managed to give him: Defeat. asserted
hitters → pour → him
“Happy I could come through with that hit there,” Chourio said through an interpreter. uncertain
Chourio → come → interpreter
“I’ve got my family here in the stands, so I dedicate this one to them. asserted
I → get → them
At 22 years, 80 days, Chourio became the second-youngest player in MLB history with a postseason walk-off hit, behind only Edgar Renteria in 1997. asserted
Chourio → become → 1997
And this was no ordinary arm he conquered. asserted
he → conquer → ?
Miller and Brewers flamethrower Jacob Misiorowski have helped turn this NLDS into baseball’s velocity series. asserted
Miller → help → series
Through two games, the teams have combined for 83 pitches of at least 100 mph, already an MLB postseason series record and it isn’t even close. asserted
it → combine → mph
The Padres and Brewers have almost doubled that total in half the games. asserted
Padres → double → games
But the 83rd and final pitch of over 100 mph in Game 2 of the NLDS on Sunday was the only one that mattered. asserted
that → matter → Sunday
The Padres were one strike away from tying the series. asserted
Padres → tie → series
Instead, Chourio turned into a 2-0 Milwaukee lead to send the series to San Diego where the Padres will need to make some history of their own. asserted
Padres → turn → own
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