On a night when Pete Crow-Armstrong went 1-for-6, another Chicago Cubs player carried the team to victory in the middle game of their series with the Washington Nationals. 

With a trifecta of home runs, Alex Bregman, the Cubs' big offseason addition, achieved a career first on Wednesday night. He crushed three home runs in a game for the first time in his 11-year career, making MLB history in the process. 

Alex Bregman made history by crushing a trio of HRs in the Cubs' win 

Bregman was a perfect 3-for-3 with a home run for every hit, two walks and seven total RBI, driving in more than half of the Cubs' scoring output in their 12-6 win. 

Bregman's trio of long balls and pair of walks made him the 20th player since at least 1,900 to record three home runs and two walks in the same game. 

He was the first to do so since Will Smith with the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 5, 2024, and the first Cubs player to crack the list.

Bregman hit a three-run blast in the fifth inning, a two-run shot in the sixth and then another one with a runner on base in the eighth. 

Bregman is on track to surpass his 2025 season with the Red Sox 

Thanks to his power explosion, he has 16 home runs, 61 RBI and 69 runs scored in 469 at-bats across 118 games. His slash line is now .256/.347/.412. 

Performing much lower than his numbers from his best seasons with the Houston Astros — his career-high is 41 home runs and 112 RBI from 2019 — Bregman, a three-time All-Star, is at least three bombs away from surpassing his 2025 total from his lone season with the Boston Red Sox.