Brewers keep season alive with late comeback win over Mets

The Milwaukee Brewers kept their postseason hopes alive, coming from behind to defeat the New York Mets 5-3 on Wednesday.

Milwaukee entered the eighth inning trailing 3-2 before Jackson Chourio hit his second home run of the game to tie the contest.

Four batters later, Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead, two-run blast for an eventual Brewers victory. It was his first at-bat of the game after entering as a pinch-runner in the sixth.

Both homers came off right-hander Phil Maton, spoiling a solid outing from Mets starter Sean Manaea. The southpaw allowed two earned runs over five innings with four strikeouts.

Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said closer Edwin Díaz was available "for a few hitters," but he opted to use Maton in the eighth.

Frankie Montas started opposite Manaea, allowing one earned run on six hits in 3 2/3 frames.

Chourio, who also caught the final out of Game 2, is the second player in major-league history to hit two game-tying homers in a postseason contest, according to Opta Stats.

The other player was Babe Ruth during Game 4 of the 1928 World Series.

"I think I still feel the adrenaline," Chourio said postgame, according to MLB.com's Adam McCalvy.

"It was a very special moment for me, and it's one I'm going to look back on and remember for the rest of my life."

The 20-year-old Brewers rookie is also the second-youngest player in MLB history with a multi-homer playoff game. Andruw Jones accomplished the same feat in Game 1 of the 1996 World Series when he was 19 years old.

Game 3 between the Mets and Brewers is set to take place Thursday at 7:08 p.m. ET at American Family Field. Jose Quintana starts for New York opposite Tobias Myers for Milwaukee.

The winner advances to the NLDS to play the Philadelphia Phillies.