Jackson Chourio sets stage for Brewers’ latest comeback
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Juan Beltran, Contributor
- October 25, 2026
Jackson Chourio joins elite company with multiple hits, steals in Game 2
MILWAUKEE – Jackson Chourio wasn’t too worried Saturday night in Game 2 of the World Series after the Brewers fell behind 4-0 in the top of the first against the Tampa Bay Rays. The young left fielder from Maracaibo, Venezuela, merely did what he’s been doing all postseason.
Chourio got the Brewers’ comeback started in the bottom of the first with a leadoff single to right field before the sellout crowd of 43,245 American Family Field.
“I think we compete,” said Chourio, who at 22 years, 227 days old, became the third player under the age of 23 to have multiple hits and multiple steals in a postseason game. “We like to compete.”
The Brewers definitely competed. They scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the first to begin their 5-4 comeback to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven World Series.
Seventh comeback
The comeback was the seventh of the postseason for the Brewers, the first team in MLB history to have seven comebacks over their first eight victories in a single postseason.
“It seems like we’ve had a lot of experience with (comebacks) in the postseason so far,” said Sal Frelick, who tied the score at 4 with a home run in the sixth inning. “It feels like kind of down early almost every game so far. I’m not sure what the actual numbers are on that.”
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The latest comeback began with Jackson Chourio. After Chourio led off with a single to right, Jake Bauers singled to right to put runners at the corner. One out later, William Contreras hit an RBI single to center. An out later, Garrett Mitchell hit an RBI single to right to cut the deficit to 4-2.
The Brewers added another run in the fourth inning when Cooper Pratt scored after Rays first baseman Jonathan Aranda committed an error on David Hamilton’s grounder to first.
Jackson Chourio shows off arm
The Rays threatened to add a run in the top of the sixth inning, but Chourio gunned down Liam Hicks at home to end the inning. Hicks tried to score from second on Victor Mesa Jr.’s single to shallow left, but Chourio easily threw him out. Then Frelick tied the score at 4 with a 408-foot, solo home run to center field in the bottom of the sixth.
“Our offense is built to kind of chip away and wear on pitchers, which I think can be good when you’re trying to come back,” Frelick said. “At the same time, if we’re up, it’s the same exact approach. I think just having an offense built like that is really good for when you’re down.”
Pratt capped the comeback in the seventh with an RBI single to right field, driving in Brice Turang.
“My heart was racing, I’m not going to lie,” Pratt said. “You saw me chase the 1-1 pitch in the other batter’s box. You try to relax and calm down and breathe and focus. Then good things happen.
“It was awesome, especially I think earlier I said being able to redeem myself for the mess-up in the first. It’s nine innings for a reason. You get four at-bats. You’re going to go back out for defense, and it’s important to remember that, pitch by pitch.”
Joining Ty Cobb, Roberto Clemente
Jackson Chourio finished 2-for-5 with a pair of stolen bases. He joined the legendary Ty Cobb and Elvis Andrus as the only players in history to have multiple steals and multiple hits in a single postseason game before their 23rd birthdays.
Chourio also joined the legendary Roberto Clemente and Jazz Chisholm as the only international players to have multiple hits and multiple stolen bases in a World Series game. Moreover, Pratt and Chourio became the first teammates 22 or younger with a stolen base in the same World Series game.
“I love to play on this stage that brings out the best in me,” Chourio said. “I like to compete. Things are coming out well for me. I’m very grateful to God.”
Juan Beltran
Contributor
Juan Beltran, who immigrated to the United States from El Salvador at 5 years old, is an experienced broadcast journalist
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