Look at it this way.

The Cubs were going to have a tough time against Freddy Peralta in Game 1 regardless of which pitcher(s) manager Craig Counsell sent out to face the Brewers. It wasn’t going to be easy.

Then after Michael Busch gave the team a first-inning lead with a leadoff homer, Matthew Boyd and Michael Soroka gave the game away before the second inning was over. All of that added up to a 9-2 loss in Game 1 of the NL Division Series.

Here, have a look at Busch’s home run [VIDEO].

Well! That jazzed up the Cubs fans in the crowd in Milwaukee — for a while, at least. More from BCB’s JohnW53:

Busch’s home run was the 35th by the first batter of a post-season game in MLB history.

Dexter Fowler was the only previous Cub to do it, in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series at Cleveland.

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