MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee’s Jackson Chourio left Saturday’s NL Division Series opener against the Chicago Cubs with a hamstring injury after becoming the first player to have three hits in the first two innings of a postseason game.
Chourio spent a month on the injured list after straining his right hamstring while running the bases on a triple in a July 29 victory over the Cubs.
“It’s scary,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said during the TBS telecast of Game 1. “He had a hamstring that kept him out a month, and it’s the same hamstring, so we’re worried about it. It’s really unfortunate.”
The Brewers announced Chourio’s injury as right hamstring tightness.
Chourio hit a bases-loaded grounder up the third base line in the second inning. He beat the throw for an RBI single that extended Milwaukee’s lead to 9-1, but he moved awkwardly after crossing first base.
Chourio, 21, departed after he was visited by Murphy and head athletic trainer Brad Epstein. Isaac Collins entered as a pinch runner and remained in the game in left field.
Chourio also hit a leadoff double and a two-run single as part of the Brewers’ six-run outburst in the first inning. He capped his rookie season last year by going 5 of 11 with two homers in the Brewers’ NL Wild Card Series loss to the New York Mets.
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By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer
