Brewers' Chourio exits NLCS Game 3 with hamstring issue

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio left Game 3 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on Thursday after appearing to suffer a right hamstring problem, hobbling off in the seventh inning and being replaced by Blake Perkins as the Brewers trailed the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1. Chourio, 21, clutched his right leg after fouling off a pitch from Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen, was tended briefly by trainers and then exited the game.

The sequence unfolded in the seventh when Chourio fouled a pitch and immediately appeared unable to put weight on his right leg, hopping off the field on his left leg. Perkins completed the at-bat and then took over in center field. Video of the play captured audible boos from some fans in the Dodger Stadium crowd as Chourio left the field. Team and league officials have not offered a formal diagnosis beyond the Brewers’ on-site medical response.

Chourio said through a translator after the game that the episode was a cramp. "It was a cramp. Just a cramp there," he said. "I think maybe I tried to pull the trigger a little bit too hard there and that's maybe what caused it." He added he felt good after the game and expected to...