Cubs become fourth team in MLB history to hit nine home runs in single game

[p]It was a dominant showing from the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-cubs/j7ZnBQFi/"]Cubs[/a], who are hoping to hold onto a wildcard spot and qualify for the postseason.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/baseball/chicago-cubs-j7ZnBQFi/milwaukee-brewers-CGzqC60o/?mid=Cl9r8kk2"]The scoring started earl[/a]y for the home team, who managed four runs at the bottom of the first from a pair of homers plus a single. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bregman-alex/ClSxF6m0/"]Alex Bregman[/a]'s two-run home run in the next inning put them up 6-0 in no time.[/p][p]Chicago added three more in the fourth, keeping the NL Central-leading [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/milwaukee-brewers/CGzqC60o/"]Brewers[/a] to six innings without scoring. By the time [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pratt-cooper/6kwK8Ym4/"]Cooper Pratt[/a] sent the ball over the wall at the top of the seventh, it was a mere consolation. The Cubs added another four runs from another two home runs at the bottom of the inning to go up 13-2.[/p][embed guid="2f296069-0212-420d-b606-05ca3280a180" url="https://x.com/MLB/status/2094613288109703263?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Alex Bregman hit three homers for the hosts, who joined the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/toronto-blue-jays/zcDLaZ3b/"]Toronto Blue Jays[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cincinnati-reds/EkWXj6U9/"]Cincinnati Reds[/a], and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-yankees/SrC4LDIT/"]New York Yankees[/a] to hit nine or more home runs in the same game. The Jays are the only one to reach 10, having done so in 1987 against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/baltimore-orioles/EcZwBi3N/"]Baltimore Orioles[/a].[/p][p]Before Monday night's explosion of home runs, the last team to hit that many in a game were the Yankees last season, doing so twice.[/p][p]With the impressive showing, the Cubs completed the month of August with a franchise-high 62 homers, which is also the second most by a team in MLB history behind the Yankees' 74 in the same month seven years ago.[/p][p]The Brewers, currently top of the National League, are seven games ahead of the Cubs in the Central Division. Chicago, meanwhlie, currently hold the first wildcard place.[/p][p]The four-game series between the two teams continues on Tuesday as the regular season concludes on September 27.[/p]