Pete Crow-Armstrong and Alex Bregman put on a show for the ages Wednesday night at Wrigley Field, absolutely obliterating the Atlanta Braves 8-4. What they did together hasn’t been seen in Major League Baseball for nearly 70 years, a historic performance that put the entire league on notice for the Cubs’ postseason push.
History Made in the Windy City
These two Cubs stars weren’t just hitting homers; they were absolutely rewriting the MLB record books! Both Crow-Armstrong and Bregman blasted a home run, ripped a triple, and chalked up three extra-base hits in the same single game. Think about that for a second, man. The last time a pair of teammates pulled off that exact insane feat? You’d have to go all the way back to 1958, with legends Willie Mays and Daryl Spencer doing it for the San Francisco Giants. Bregman and Crow-Armstrong are in truly elite, Hall of Fame company after a night like that.
Dominance at the Plate
Alex Bregman was on fire all night, absolutely raking and coming just shy of hitting for the cycle. He got the Cubs on the scoreboard first with a clutch RBI double in the opening inning, setting the tone. Then came his solo homer in the fourth, a no-doubter! But the real showstopper, the one that really got the crowd roaring, was his two-RBI triple in the fifth. That ball barely snuck past Braves third baseman Austin Riley and down the line, but it counted big time! That one play alone pushed the Cubs to a dominant 6-0 lead. Pete Crow-Armstrong started his own personal slugfest with a booming solo shot in the third inning. He wasn’t done, adding a second solo home run in the seventh, putting another nail in the Braves’ coffin, and an RBI triple in the fifth inning right before Bregman’s big hit. The Braves tried to mount some kind of comeback in the ninth with two runs off a Mauricio Dubon double and Sean Murphy’s RBI, but it was too little, too late. The Cubs cruised to a four-run victory, plain and simple.
This kind of explosive, history-making hitting from Bregman and Crow-Armstrong is exactly what the Cubs faithful need to see right now! They’ve managed to snag four wins in their last six games, pushing their overall record to a solid 85-68. While the Milwaukee Brewers have already locked up the NL Central division, the Cubs are holding strong with a two-game lead in the hotly contested NL wild-card race. On the flip side, the loss for the Braves dropped them to 89-64. They’re still leading the NL East, but only by a handful of games over the Philadelphia Phillies, and a win tonight could have actually clinched a postseason spot for them. Both teams still have some serious work to do to officially secure a postseason berth. But with history-making performances like this, and guys stepping up big, the Cubs look like they’re charging full steam ahead for October baseball!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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