Nine Home Runs in One Night and the National League Just Took Notice

The Chicago Cubs absolutely unloaded on the NL-best Milwaukee Brewers on Monday, smashing a ridiculous nine home runs in a 17-3 rout that set a new franchise record for dingers in a single game.

The Blowout Nobody Saw Coming

This wasn’t just a win, it was a statement. The Cubs fell just one shy of the all-time MLB record of ten home runs in a game, set by the Toronto Blue Jays back in 1987. Brewers starter Kyle Harrison took a beating, giving up five long balls and nine earned runs, which blew his ERA from a solid 2.79 all the way up to 3.45. It got so bad that Milwaukee straight up waved the white flag, pulling their actual pitchers. First baseman Andrew Vaughn ended up on the mound to get the final six outs, and sure enough, he gave up three more home runs in the eighth. Can you even imagine that scene? Alex Bregman was the big man with three homers on the night, while six other Cubs hitters each tacked on one.

An August for the Record Books

But this monster game wasn’t a fluke, it capped off an August no NL team will ever forget. Since August 1, the Cubs have absolutely crushed 62 home runs, setting a new record for most home runs in a calendar month by any National League team! We are talking about history here. That’s the second-most dingers by any team in MLB history for a calendar month, trailing only the New York Yankees’ monstrous 74 back in August 2019. Pete Crow-Armstrong, who had five homers in the two games before this, didn’t even get in on the action on Monday, going just 1-for-5. That’s how deep this team was swinging!

After that kind of pummeling, you know the atmosphere at Wrigley Field was electric with fans waving their W flags and singing “Go, Cubs Go.” But don’t count the Brewers out yet, they are still the NL’s best, and they get three more shots at revenge in this four-game series. You can bet they’ll be looking to respond after a beatdown like that.

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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.