The Milwaukee Brewers opened their 2025 National League Division Series against the Chicago Cubs with a resounding 9-3 victory on Saturday at American Family Field, on the strength of a franchise-record-tying performance from ace Freddy Peralta. Peralta brought the heat through 5⅔ overpowering innings, striking out nine batters while allowing only four hits, three walks, and two earned runs. His nine strikeouts matched the Brewers’ single-game postseason record previously set by Don Sutton, Yovani Gallardo, and Brandon Woodruff. After Busch’s leadoff homer gave Chicago a 1-0 lead, only the third leadoff home run in Cubs postseason history, Milwaukee responded with a historic offensive burst. Nico Hoerner went deep off Jared Koenig in the eighth to record the Cubs’ last run of the night in a 9-3 defeat.