Jackson Chourio Downplays Injury After Exiting Brewers vs. Dodgers Mid At-Bat

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio exited Game 3 of the NLCS against Los Angeles Chargers in the middle of a seventh-inning at-bat with what he told reporters Thursday night was "just a cramp."

"Maybe tried to pull the trigger a little bit too hard there, that's maybe what caused it, but just a cramp," Chourio said through a translator.

Chourio added that he thinks he will be able to play in Friday's win-or-go-home Game 4.

Chourio clutched his right leg after fouling off a pitch from Dodgers relief pitcher Blake Treinen. He limped off the field and was replaced by Blake Perkins.

The Dodgers were up 3-1 at the time of Chourio's injury and held on for a Game 3 win, extending their series lead to 3-0.

Chourio has been playing through a right hamstring injury, which caused him to miss a month of the regular season and which he re-aggravated during Game 1 of the Brewers' NLDS against the Chicago Cubs.

The outfielder previously said ahead of Monday's NLCS opener that he was getting "closer and closer to being back to 100 percent" after playing through the injury through five games against the Cubs.

"Defensively, I don't think it's been much of a problem... On the bases is where, sure, I think I've definitely, maybe, paid a little bit more mind to it and maybe had to be just a little bit more careful," Chourio said through an interpreter on Monday about his injury (h/t MLB.com's Adam McCalvy).

Chourio went on to become one of the only Brewers able to provide any offense as the Dodgers dominated through the opening two games of the NLCS.

The 21-year-old batted in a single run in each of Games 1 and 2 as the Dodgers outscored the Brewers by a total of 7-2.

He had no hits and one strikeout Thursday before he was replaced by Perkins during his fourth at-bat of the game.

Chourio signed an eight-year, $82 million deal with the Brewers as a 19-year-old prospect ahead of the 2024 season. He has posted a batting average of at least .270 and 21 home runs in each of his first two MLB seasons, and was batting .414 through eight career postseason games heading into the NLCS.