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- Cubs provide holiday fireworks with franchise-record 8 HRs during 11-3 win over Cardinals</p>
<p>Sean LeahyJuly 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM</p>
<p>Michael Busch of the Chicago Cubs enjoyed a three-home run game during an 11-3 rout of the St. Lous Cardinals. (Photo by Daniel Bartel/Getty Images) (Daniel Bartel via Getty Images)</p>
<p>The Fourth of July fireworks started early in Chicago as the Cubs jumped on St. Louis Cardinals pitchers Miles Mikolas and John King with a franchise-record eight home runs during an 11-3 victory.</p>
<p>Mikolas took the brunt of the damage by allowing six Cubs blasts. Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong kicked off his rough day by going back-to-back in the bottom the first inning.</p>
<p>number 24 for number 27 pic.twitter.com/v6rvXIL6aR</p>
<p>— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 4, 2025</p>
<p>classic pete. pic.twitter.com/27NyOQMhp6</p>
<p>— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 4, 2025</p>
<p>Mikolas was not given a break in the second inning as Michael Busch and Carson Kelly went back-to-back for a 4-0 lead.</p>
<p>BUSCHYYYYY pic.twitter.com/rYSd7sqcTo</p>
<p>— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 4, 2025</p>
<p>another one because why not. pic.twitter.com/pYMZX18hZb</p>
<p>— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 4, 2025</p>
<p>Crow-Armstrong, a 2025 All-Star Game starter, and Busch weren't done mashing, and each hit their second blasts of the day in the bottom of the third inning to extend the Cubs lead to 7-0.</p>
<p>BALL STOOD NO CHANCE pic.twitter.com/TiLhVTOfgz</p>
<p>— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 4, 2025</p>
<p>THIS IS ADMIN'S HEART RATE CHALLENGE pic.twitter.com/dDfdMdszYN</p>
<p>— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 4, 2025</p>
<p>The six dingers hit in the first three innings were the most in Cubs history to open a game, according to MLB's Sarah Langs.</p>
<p>Busch would later hit his third of the game, right after Dansby Swanson smashed his 15th of the season off reliever John King as the Cubs went up 11-1 and set a single-game franchise record with eight home runs.</p>
<p>NEW FRANCHISE RECORD UNLOCKED8 HOMERS IN ONE GAME pic.twitter.com/FtN91paEC9</p>
<p>— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 4, 2025</p>
<p>Mikolas had to battle through a tough afternoon. Despite his struggles, he remained in the game and went six innings, allowing eight earned runs on 10 hits. The six home runs allowed in a game set a new Cardinals franchise record and Mikolas joined 10 other players, including Tim Wakefield, R.A. Dickey and the immortal Sloppy Thurston, for the MLB record.</p>
<p>Mikolas has been prone to the long ball since 2023, having allowed 26 in each of the past two seasons. He's now allowed 15 through 87 1/3 innings this year.</p>
<p>The Cubs' fireworks show was ultimately two short of the all-time MLB record for a single game. That honor is held by the 1987 Toronto Blue Jays, who hit 10 during an 18-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Ernie Whitt hit three and Rance Mulliniks and George Bell each sent two blasts over the Exhibition Stadium wall.</p>
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