Crow-Armstrong’s homer – Pete Crow-Armstrong’s home run in the fourth inning stood after a crew-chief review, keeping his streak alive for a third straight game in Chicago’s 8-6 win over the Rockies.
CHICAGO—Pete Crow-Armstrong didn’t look convinced when he rounded first base.
He was already closing in on second when the Cubs center fielder shook his head. as if even he couldn’t believe the ball he sent high over the right-field line had cleared the fence. In the fourth inning of Wednesday night’s 8-6 win over the Rockies. the trot felt like it might become a different story before it even reached home.
Then came the replay waiting game.
A crew-chief review of the blast from Crow-Armstrong’s bat ended with the call upheld as a home run. Replays showed the baseball falling just to the right of the yellow pole down Wrigley Field’s right-field line, where one zoomed-in angle showed the ball possibly grazing its outer edge.
“I couldn’t tell. It was so dark,” Crow-Armstrong said. “But then I went and watched it. Even the replay on the scoreboard was [bad]. I went back and watched on the iPad and it looked like it nicked it. I’ll take it.”
For Crow-Armstrong, it delivered something that had never happened before: a home run in three consecutive games. It also stretched a hot run—he has connected for four blasts in the past five games. During that span. he has hit the first three game-opening homers of his career. with one leadoff shot coming in San Francisco and the other two arriving in each of the first two games of this series against the Rockies.
Wednesday’s homer came off a 2-2 sweeper from Rockies lefty Sean Sullivan. Sullivan also allowed seven runs in the second inning to the Cubs’ resurgent offense. Crow-Armstrong wasn’t part of that earlier flurry, but his blast pushed Chicago to an 8-1 advantage in the fourth.
His season total rose to 15 home runs, including eight in June. And June is where the numbers start to feel almost unreal. Crow-Armstrong is tied with Hunter Goodman of the Rockies, Nick Kurtz of the A’s, and Jackson Chourio of the Brewers for the Major League lead for homers this month.
In 15 games in June, Crow-Armstrong is hitting .406/.435/.906 with 14 extra-base hits, 11 RBIs, 12 runs and four steals. He has already earned the National League’s Player of the Week honors for the first week of the month. Earlier in this series. he also collected the 13th cycle in Cubs history—and the first achieved in reverse order for the franchise.
After circling the bases, Crow-Armstrong kept the celebration quiet at first. After completing his home run trot in the fourth inning. he had a subdued high-five with third-base coach Quintin Berry and raised his hand to his teammates to hold off on celebrating while the ball was sorted out. When the replay confirmed the call, the third straight-game homer was no longer just hope—it was real.
“The work that I’ve been doing all year. I think it’s just starting to come around a little bit. ” Crow-Armstrong said. “Again. I don’t want to get too comfortable with any of that. because it’s been a month stretch of good baseball for me and I’ve got a lot more good baseball to play to help this team win.”.
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