In a game that was over almost before it started, the Chicago Cubs made a strong statement to the Milwaukee Brewers. The red-hot Cubs offense spat on Pat Murphy’s idea to use Tyler Alexander to open for Quinn Priester and jumped all over Brewers pitchers who looked unfit for the moment. After a second-inning deluge, this game was over before the Brewers sent four hitters to the plate.
Murphy’s idea to use Alexander as the opener did not go very well. He started the game by giving up back-to-back singles to Ian Happ and Kyle Tucker, and while he did get a big strikeout of Seiya Suzuki for the first out, another single — this one from Carson Kelly — scored the game’s first run.