Milwaukee Brewers crushing the Chicago Cubs 9-3<\/a> behind a red-hot first and second inning.<\/p>\nAlthough Cubs first baseman Michael Busch led off the game with a solo homer, it didn\u2019t take long for the Brewers to build an insurmountable lead. They raced to a 6-1 score after the first inning, thanks to five RBI doubles and singles, and expanded that lead to 9-1 in the second.<\/p>\n
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Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner added solo home runs of their own in the sixth and eighth innings, but it was far too little, too late for the Cubs to undo the damage of Milwaukee’s opening two frames. It didn’t help Chicago that Brewers starter Freddy Peralta had a stellar game in his own right, with nine strikeouts and just four hits allowed in 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee finished the game with a whopping 13 hits and eight RBI. Three of those came off the bat of left fielder Jackson Chourio, who was pulled from the game after the second inning due to hamstring tightness. Game 2 for Chicago and Milwaukee begins at 9:08 p.m. ET Monday.<\/p>\n
ALDS Game 1: Yankees at Blue Jays, live on FS1
NLDS Game 1: Dodgers at Phillies, 6:38 p.m. ET, TBS
ALDS Game 1: Tigers at Mariners, 8:38 p.m. ET, FS1<\/p>\n
MLB divisional round live blog<\/p>\n
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