This has been a series of firsts for the Cubs and Brewers. That is, the first inning has meant more than any of the others.

That’s why a typically common moment in Thursday’s Game 4 at Wrigley Field turned out to be momentous.

The Cubs won 6-0 to force a deciding Game 5 at 7:08 p.m. Saturday in Milwaukee.

Matthew Boyd did something that hadn’t been accomplished yet in this series — put up a zero in the first inning. He walked leadoff batter Christian Yelich, but ended the frame with no damage. In the first three games, both teams scored runs in their initial at-bats.

When it was the Cubs turn against Milwaukee starter Freddy Peralta, they got a one-out single from Nico Hoerner, a walk to Kyle Tucker, then a 3-run home run by Ian Happ that landed deep in the right-field bleachers for an

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