MILWAUKEE - The Cubs started the National League Division Series with a blast, but that was all the meaningful pop the team had in Game 1.

The Brewers routed the Cubs 9-3 to take a 1-0 lead in the NLDS.

The backstory:

Milwaukee scored six times in the first inning, where 11 batters got an at-bat. That chased Cubs' left-handed All-Star Matt Boyd from the game. He got the start on Saturday on three-days rest.

Boyd's one-inning start was the shortest postseason start for a Cubs' pitcher since the 1945 World Series. The best development of the day for the Cubs were the 4.1 innings pitched from reliever Aaron Civale. The former White Sox pitcher, who the Sox acquired from the Brewers this year, prevented the Cubs from using a high number of their bullpen arms.

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