{
  "id": 4776285,
  "title": "Alex Bregman hits 3 home runs and Cubs set team record with 9 in 17-3 rout of Brewers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/alex-bregman-hits-3-home-runs-and-cubs-set-team-record-with-9-in-17-3-4776285",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T03:23:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
    "slug": "associated-press",
    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/cubs-brewers-score-bregman-12441d0eaf30f19ee28b00210aac59e8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Chicago Cubs set a franchise-record with nine home runs in a 17-3 demolition of the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night at Wrigley Field. Alex Bregman was the star of the show, hitting three of those long balls and giving the Cubs a total of 23 home runs for the season. The Cubs' power display was primarily fueled by an early flurry, with Clay Holmes pitching six immaculate innings before surrendering a nine-run, 10-hit performance to the Cubs in the final three. The Brewers' Kyle Harrison struggled, allowing nine runs on 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings, his season ERA jumping from 2.79 to 3.45. This victory puts the Cubs in second place in August, trailing only the New York Yankees' 74 home runs hit in the same month in 2019. Milwaukee holds a seven-game lead in the NL Central, with six more games to play, including three in Chicago.",
  "summary": "CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Bregman hit three of Chicago’s franchise-record nine home runs and the Cubs punctuated their August power display with a 17-3 blowout of the Milwaukee Brewers on…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Alex Bregman hits 3 home runs and Cubs set team record with 9 in 17-3 rout of Brewers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/alex-bregman-hits-3-home-runs-and-cubs-set-team-record-with-9-in-17-3",
        "published": "2026-09-01T02:54:22.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Baseball: Suzuki blasts 24th homer among 3 hits as Cubs rout Brewers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/baseball-suzuki-blasts-24th-homer-among-3-hits-as-cubs-rout-brewers",
        "published": "2026-09-01T05:45:39.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}