Milwaukee Brewers rookie joins an extremely rare baseball story of the last 25 years

Milwaukee Brewers rookie joins an extremely rare baseball story of the last 25 years

The Milwaukee Brewers lost 10-6 to the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday. The big hit was Nolan Arenado’s walk-off grand slam, but the Cardinals scored eight runs in the final four innings to take the win.

The Brewers are still in first place in the National League Central at 73-53, but it was a disappointing loss to a division opponent.

Despite the defeat, Brewers rookie Jackson Chourio hasn’t let up in the second half of the season, hitting 4 out of 5 with a triple, a stolen base and two RBIs.

Chourio, who began the year as baseball’s No. 2 prospect, now has a .274 batting average with 15 home runs, 55 RBI and 18 stolen bases. Although Paul Skenes (Pittsburgh Pirates) and Jackson Merrill (San Diego Padres) have the best chances to win the Rookie of the Year Award, Chourio will get votes and attention.

And according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com, Chourio’s performance on Tuesday earned him a rare place in baseball history over the past quarter century.

At 20 years and 163 days, Jackson Chourio is the youngest player with a 4-hit game since Juan Soto on 6/29/18

Since 2000, only others of this age or younger have achieved this:

2014 Damn Smell
2012 Bryce Harper
2010 Starlin Castro (3 games)
2003 Miguel Cabrera

The Brewers are back in action on Thursday afternoon against the Cardinals. First pitch at Busch Stadium is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. ET when Freddy Peralta (MIL) faces veteran Miles Mikolas (STL).

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