Cubs hit franchise-record nine homers in 17-3 rout of Brewers at Wrigley Field

The Chicago Cubs routed the Milwaukee Brewers 17-3 on Monday night at Wrigley Field, doing it with a franchise-record nine home runs in one of the most prolific power displays in major league history.

The nine homers, reported by MLB as a new single-game Cubs record, broke the club’s previous mark of eight set on July 4, 2025. They also tied for the second-most by one team in a game since at least 1900, according to MLB. Only the Toronto Blue Jays have hit more, with 10 on Sept. 14, 1987.

Alex Bregman led the outburst, going 3 for 6 with three home runs, three runs scored and four RBIs. The other Cubs homers came from Tyrone Taylor, Nico Hoerner, Seiya Suzuki, Matt Shaw, Carson Kelly and Michael Conforto.

Chicago finished with 20 hits to Milwaukee’s nine and did not commit an error.

The Cubs wasted little time. MLB’s recap noted that Taylor and Hoerner opened the scoring with back-to-back home runs in a multi-homer first inning. Bregman and Suzuki also went back-to-back in the fourth as Chicago kept adding on against Brewers pitching.

Clay Holmes gave the Cubs more than enough on the mound, earning the win after throwing six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts. Milwaukee starter Kyle Harrison took the loss after allowing nine runs on 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings, including five home runs.

The result came with some meaning in the standings, even if it counted as only one game. The Brewers entered Monday with a seven-game lead over the Cubs in the NL Central, according to MLB, while Chicago was holding a National League wild-card position. CBS Sports listed the records at 85-53 for Milwaukee and 78-60 for Chicago.

Monday’s barrage also fit a larger pattern for the Cubs rather than standing as a one-off. MLB reported that Chicago hit 62 home runs in August, a club record for any month and the second-most by any team in any calendar month. Only the 2019 New York Yankees, who hit 74 in August, have had a bigger month.

Bregman’s performance was the centerpiece of that surge. Earlier this month, MLB.com reported, he said: “I don’t feel like this is a hot stretch. I feel like this is who I am as a baseball player.”

For one night, the Cubs’ offense looked like something even more unusual than that. It was a franchise-best game, a historically rare one across the sport, and another sign of how much power Chicago carried through August and into September.

“We’re in a good place, absolutely,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said, according to MLB.com. “We’ve got a lot of fun ahead of us. We’ve got a lot of good things ahead of us. We’ve got a lot of challenges ahead of us. But, we’ve put ourselves in a really good position.”