MILWAUKEE -- After becoming the first player to have three hits in the first two innings of a postseason game, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio left Saturday's NL Division Series opener against the Chicago Cubs with a hamstring injury.
Chourio hit a bases-loaded grounder up the third-base line in the second. He beat the throw for an RBI single that made it 9-1, but he moved awkwardly after crossing first base.
Chourio, 21, departed after he was visited by manager Pat Murphy and head athletic trainer Brad Epstein. Isaac Collins entered as a pinch runner and remained in the game in left field. The Brewers cruised to a 9-3 victory.
"He's getting the MRI right now. Obviously, it's real scary," Murphy said after the win. "Having that same hamstring injury to the same leg, we're hoping that it's something he can come back from soon."
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.
"We have no idea when that would be," Murphy said with regards to a Chourio update. "He's just getting out of the tube right now. We'll have somebody look at it. Could be devastating."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
