The fireworks came early to the friendly confines of Wrigley Park, as the Chicago Cubs hit six home runs off St Louis Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas in the first three innings, leading to the Cardinals’ 11-3 loss Friday, July 4.

Mikolas became the 11th pitcher in MLB history to give up six home runs in a game, with the first two coming with two outs in the first, off the bats of Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong. Michael Busch and Carson Kelly led off the second with back-to-back round trippers of their own. Crow-Armstrong and Busch landed their second home runs in the third to make the score 7-0. Mikolas would give up an RBI single to Busch in the fifth to wrap up his line of eight earned runs on ten hits, with four strike outs in six innings.

The Cubs would tally another two home runs in the seventh, including Busch’s third of the game, to post a team-record eight home runs on the day. Brendan Donovan added a sparkler of his own for the Cardinals in the fourth to break the team’s 31-inning scoreless drought, while the Cardinals claimed an RBI single and bases-loaded walk off third baseman Jon Berti, who pitched the ninth for the Cubs.

Ahead of Friday night’s action, the Cardinals (47-42) are a half-game behind San Diego and San Francisco for the third wild card spot, and 6.5 games behind the Cubs for the NL Central lead. Matthew Liberatore gets the starts for the Cardinals on Saturday afternoon, with first pitch at 1:20 p.m.