Overview

• Milwaukee routed Chicago 9-3 in Game 1, piling up all nine runs in the first two innings.
• Game 2 is at American Family Field on Monday night with first pitch scheduled for 8:08 p.m., followed by a travel day before Game 3 at Wrigley Field on Wednesday at 4:08 p.m.
• Brewers fans have loudly booed Craig Counsell throughout the Milwaukee games in this series, reflecting lingering anger over his move to the Cubs.
• Murphy, Counsell’s former college coach and longtime bench coach who now manages the Brewers, said of the boos, “They never boo a bum. I think the fans will come around someday.”
• Counsell left Milwaukee in November 2023 for a reported five-year, $40 million deal with Chicago that the coverage describes as a record for an MLB manager, intensifying the Cubs-Brewers rivalry.