Cubs rout Brewers, become 5th team to hit 9 HRs in a game

The fireworks were out at Wrigley Field on Monday, as the Chicago Cubs hit nine home runs in a 17-3 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Cubs became the fifth team in MLB history to hit nine homers in a game. They tied the National League record for most home runs in a game, set by the Cincinnati Reds on Sept. 4, 1999.

Chicago also joins the New York Yankees, who blasted nine round-trippers in two games last year, and the Toronto Blue Jays, who hit an MLB-record 10 home runs on Sept. 14, 1987.

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