MILWAUKEE — For roughly 15 minutes Saturday afternoon at American Family Field, the Chicago Cubs were riding great vibes.

Michael Busch’s sixth leadoff home run this year gave the Cubs a quick lead against the Milwaukee Brewers and right-hander Freddy Peralta. The faction of Cubs fans among the crowd of 42,678 made themselves heard.

If only the game ended after the top of the first inning.

The Brewers blitzed left-hander Matthew Boyd for six runs in the bottom of the frame — hurt by an uncharacteristic fielding error by second baseman Nico Hoerner leading to four unearned runs — and ended his day after the veteran recorded only two outs. The Brewers tacked on three more runs in the second, and the Cubs couldn’t recover in a 9-3 loss in Game 1 of the National League Division Series.

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