The Milwaukee Brewers used a historic, early offensive outburst to crush the Chicago Cubs 9-3 in Game 1 of the best-of-five National League Division Series at American Family Field.
After falling behind on Michael Busch’s leadoff home run, the Brewers stormed back with three consecutive doubles to start the bottom of the first and pushed six runs across. Cubs starter Matthew Boyd was only able to get two outs with Milwaukee batting around in the frame.
The Brewers scored three more in the second to make it 9-1, but Jackson Chourio tweaked his hamstring and was replaced after becoming the first player with three hits in two innings of a postseason game.
Freddy Peralta picked up the win for the Brewers, striking out nine Cubs in 5 ⅔ innings.
The series has an off day on Oct. 5, with Game 2 set for Monday, Oct. 6 in Milwaukee.
