Brewers jump out to early lead and cruise to 9-3 win over Cubs in NLDS opener

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MLB GAME BETWEEN MILWAUKEE BREWERS AND CHICAGO CUBS RESENDING WITH SHOTLIST SHOWS: MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 4, 2025) (MLB – See restrictions before use) CHICAGO CUBS AT MILWAUKEE BREWERS AT AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD – GAME 1 OF NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISIONAL SERIES (NLDS) TOP OF 1ST INNING 1. BREWERS STARTER FREDDY PERALTA WARMING UP 2. CUBS LEADOFF BATTER MICHAEL BUSCH HITS SOLO HOME RUN. CUBS TAKE 1-0 LEAD 3. REPLAY OF BUSCH HOME RUN SWING 4. PERALTA STRIKES OUT SEIYA SUZUKI ON CALLED THIRD STRIKE FOR 3RD OUT TO END TOP HALF OF INNING.  BOTTOM 1ST 5. CUBS STARTER MATTHEW BOYD 6. BREWERS LEADOFF BATTER JACKSON CHOURIO DOUBLES 7. BRICE TURANG WITH RBI DOUBLE, CHOURIO SCORES TO TIE GAME 1-1 8. REPLAY OF TURANG RBI DOUBLE 9. WILLIAM CONTRERAS WITH RBI DOUBLE PAST DIVING CUBS LEFT FIELDER IAN HAPP, TURANG SCORES. CUBS TAKE 2-1 LEAD. 10. CROWD CHEERING AS BREWERS FIRST THREE BATTERS ALL HIT DOUBLES TO TAKE 2-1 LEAD 11. REPLAY OF CONTRERAS DOUBLE AND HAPP DIVING AND MISSING CATCH 12. SAL FRELICK WITH GROUND BALL THAT CUBS 2ND BASEMAN NICO HOERNER MISPLAYS AND COMMITS ERROR, CONTRERAS SLIDES HOME AND SCORES AND FRELICK SAFE AT 1ST, ANDREW VAUGHN SAFE AT 2ND. BREWERS LEAD 3-1 13. REPLAY OF HOERNER FIELDING ERROR AND CONTRERAS SCORING 14. BLAKE PERKINS WITH RBI SINGLE, VAUGHN SCORES. BREWERS LEAD 4-1 15. REPLAY OF PERKINS RBI SINGLE 16. CUBS MANAGER CRAIG COUNSELL WALKING ON FIELD – STARTER BOYD WALKING OFF FIELD AND MATT SOROKA WOULD COME IN TO PITCH 17. CUBS SOROKA WALKS JOEY ORTIZ TO LOAD THE BASES 18. CHOURIO COMES UP TO BAT FOR SECOND TIME IN INNING AND HITS RBI SINGLE, FRELICK AND PERKINS SCORE. BREWERS LEAD 6-1 19. REPLAY OF PLAYERS CELEBRATING, CHOURIO RBI SINGLE, PERKINS AND FRELICK SCORING AS BREWERS SCORE 6 RUNS IN 1ST INNING BOTTOM 2ND 20. BREWERS HAVE BASES LOADED – CALEB DURBIN WITH SHORT FLY BALL THAT LANDS FOR RBI SINGLE, CHRISTIAN YELICH AND CONTRERAS SCORE. BREWERS LEAD 8-1 21. CUBS AARON CIVALE PITCHING – CHOURIO WITH INFIELD RBI SINGLE, VAUGHN SCORES. BREWERS LEAD 9-1 BUT CHOURIO APPEARS TO SUFFER INJURY WHILE RUNNING TO 1ST BASE. CHOURIO IS FIRST PLAYER IN MLB HISTORY TO HAVE 3 HITS IN THE FIRST TWO INNINGS OF A PLAYOFF GAME. 22. BREWERS MEDICAL TRAINER ON FIELD TALKING TO CHOURIO ABOUT INJURY 23. REPLAYS OF CHOURIO BEATING THROW OF CUBS 3RD BASEMAN MATT SHAW BUT SUFFERING POSSIBLE INJURY 24. CHOURIO LEAVING GAME WITH INJURY TOP 3RD 25. PERALTA STRIKING OUT SUZUKI ON ANOTHER CALLED 3RD STRIKE FOR THIRD OUT TO END INNING. BREWERS LEAD 9-1 TOP 9TH 26. BREWERS RELIEVER NICK MEARS PITCHING – CUBS PINCH HITTER MOISES BALLESTEROS GROUNDS OUT TO 1ST BASEMAN ANDREW VAUGHN WHO STEPS ON 1ST BASE FOR THIRD AND FINAL OUT TO END GAME. BREWERS WIN 9-3 27. VARIOUS OF BREWERS AND FANS CELEBRATING 9-3 WIN STORY: Ace right-hander Freddy Peralta shook off a leadoff homer and pitched effectively into the sixth inning to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday (October 4)  in the opener of their best-of-five National League Division Series. Cubs starter Matthew Boyd (0-1) failed to get out of a six-run Milwaukee first inning. The Brewers added three runs in the second, batting around in both innings to go in front 9-1. Peralta (1-0), who led the National League with 17 victories during the regular season, allowed two runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out nine and walking three in a 95-pitch outing. He allowed the opening homer by Michael Busch and a two-out solo homer in the sixth by Ian Happ. By the time Happ hit his solo homer and Nico Hoerner added a solo homer for Chicago off Jared Koenig in the eighth, the game was long since over. The Brewers answered Busch's homer with six runs off Boyd in the bottom of the first. Jackson Chourio, Brice Turang and William Contreras opened with consecutive doubles to put Milwaukee up 2-1. Andrew Vaughn walked with one out, then Contreras scored when second baseman Hoerner booted Sal Frelick's grounder. With two outs, Blake Perkins capped an 11-pitch at-bat with an RBI single to center to make the score 4-1 and chase Boyd after 30 pitches. Michael Soroka relieved and walked Joey Ortiz to load the bases. Chourio followed with a two-run single to left to make it 6-1 — Hoerner's error making the final four runs unearned. Milwaukee made the score 9-1 in the second. Contreras, Yelich and Vaughn opened with consecutive singles to load the bases. Caleb Durbin drove in two runs with a one-out single to make it 8-1. Aaron Civale relieved Soroka and Chourio beat out an infield RBI single to third – making him the first player in postseason history to register three hits in the first two innings. Boyd registered just two outs while allowing six runs (two earned) on four hits, one walk and one strikeout. Soroka gave up three runs on five hits in one inning, walking two in a 38-pitch outing. Chourio, who missed most of August with a strained right hamstring, was removed for a pinch runner after legging out that infield single. Chourio was diagnosed with right hamstring tightness and underwent an MRI. The second game of the best-of-five series will be in Milwaukee on Monday night. (Production: David Grip) More MLB content is available on Reuters Connect here: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?sources=mlbimagen

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