{"id":203001,"date":"2025-10-05T07:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T07:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/203001\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T07:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T07:46:10","slug":"brewers-9-3-cubs-oct-4-2025-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/203001\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers 9-3 Cubs (Oct 4, 2025) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILWAUKEE — \u2014 Jackson Chourio<\/a> sparked Milwaukee’s fast start at the plate, and Freddy Peralta<\/a> delivered a steady performance on the mound.<\/p>\n

The Brewers looked more than ready for October.<\/p>\n

Chourio capped Milwaukee’s six-run first inning with a two-run single, and the Brewers trounced the Chicago Cubs<\/a> 9-3 on Saturday in Game 1 of their NL Division Series.<\/p>\n

Hoping for a breakthrough after years of playoff frustration, Milwaukee showed off the same approach<\/a> that helped the team roll to baseball’s best record during the regular season. The Brewers ranked third in the majors in scoring this year despite finishing just 22nd in homers.<\/p>\n

It was more of the same in the team’s postseason opener. The NL Central champions had 13 hits and no home runs, while three solo drives accounted for Chicago’s offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe home runs are so important these days, (but) this is scrapping hits together, keeping the line moving, all the cliches that you can think of,\u201d said Blake Perkins<\/a>, who had two hits for the Brewers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fun to be a part of, and I think we all build off of each other. I\u2019m kind of sitting there, too, (thinking), like, ‘Dang, how are we doing this?\u2032 sometimes. It\u2019s a cool feeling, and it\u2019s really fun to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only issue for the Brewers on Saturday was Chourio’s right hamstring tightness<\/a>. He departed in the second after becoming the first player with three hits in the first two innings of a playoff game.<\/p>\n

Game 2 of the best-of-five series is on Monday night. <\/p>\n

Chourio, who missed a month<\/a> of the regular season with a strained right hamstring, underwent an MRI after the victory. Manager Pat Murphy said the injury \u201ccould be devastating,\u201d while Chourio sounded much more optimistic.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhysically I feel good, and I feel in a position where I\u2019m ready to keep going and keep competing,\u201d he said through an interpreter.<\/p>\n

Staked to an early lead, Peralta permitted two runs in 5 2\/3 innings. His nine strikeouts tied Don Sutton, Yovani Gallardo and Brandon Woodruff<\/a> for the Brewers\u2019 single-game playoff record.<\/p>\n

Michael Busch<\/a>, Ian Happ<\/a> and Nico Hoerner<\/a> homered for Chicago.<\/p>\n

Brewers-Cubs games in Milwaukee generally have divided crowds because of all the people who make the 90-mile trip from Chicago, but that wasn\u2019t the case Saturday. The vast majority of spectators were Brewers fans waving yellow towels and booing Cubs manager Craig Counsell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t seem 50\/50, for sure,\u201d Murphy said. \u201cIt felt like a home game. It definitely felt like a home game. They were difference makers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Counsell<\/a>, who grew up in the Milwaukee area, is the winningest manager in Brewers history, but he left for Chicago<\/a> after the 2023 season. He has been jeered<\/a> whenever his name has been mentioned over the American Family Field loudspeaker since he departed.<\/p>\n

Counsell\u2019s decision to start Matthew Boyd<\/a> on short rest didn\u2019t work out. The All-Star left-hander was lifted with two out in the first.<\/p>\n

The Brewers scored four runs or fewer in their last nine regular-season games. They had gone 2-11 in their last 13 playoff games, scoring over four runs in just one of those contests and failing to exceed five runs in any of them.<\/p>\n

This time, they had six runs by the end of the first, matching their highest scoring playoff inning in franchise history.<\/p>\n

After Busch opened the game with a 389-foot drive over the wall in right-center, Chourio, Brice Turang<\/a> and William Contreras<\/a> started the bottom half of the first with consecutive doubles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made a few mistakes early,” Boyd said. “A little too much plate to Turang and Contreras. It ends up being the difference in the game right there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contreras scored from second when Hoerner mishandled a slow grounder from Sal Frelick<\/a>. Perkins capped an 11-pitch at bat with a two-out RBI single to center.<\/p>\n

Michael Soroka<\/a> walked Joey Ortiz<\/a> to load the bases and allowed a two-run single to Chourio.<\/p>\n

\u201cBottom line, they had really good at-bats,\u201d Counsell said. \u201cThey hit balls hard. They spoiled pitches. The Perkins at-bat was just a great at-bat. You\u2019ve got to give him credit for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boyd had only three days of rest after throwing 58 pitches in the Cubs\u2019 3-1 Wild Card Series Game 1 victory<\/a> over the San Diego Padres<\/a> on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Milwaukee added three more runs in the second. Caleb Durbin<\/a> delivered a two-run single before Chourio\u2019s infield hit made it 9-1.<\/p>\n

Chicago\u2019s Aaron Civale<\/a>, who started the season with Milwaukee,<\/a> and Ben Brown combined for 6 1\/3 innings of shutout relief.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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