His next statement might have people believing that this team might be the one to finally write a new positive entry into Cubs’ lore. But it’s clear that many Chicagoans had a long night of celebrations. The St. Louis Cardinals’ Stephen Piscotty (55) is welcomed home by teammate Matt Carpenter after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning against the Chicago Cubs during Game 4 of the NLDS at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Tuesday, October 13, 2015.
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In winning the last two games of the series in front of jubilant home fans at Wrigley Field, the Cubs blasted a total of nine homers while they used seven relievers on Tuesday to keep the Cardinals pegged back. I do NOT want you kids trying to climb up there yourselves, do you understand? We concentrated on getting high talented young players here. “Once again, it doesn’t always matter how it’s perceived by everybody else”.
In the series opener at Busch Stadium, the Cubs offense had gone dormant against Cardinals starter John Lackey, putting together only three hits in a shutout loss. Tickets to the Cubs home playoff games were listed for a record average $1,325.93 as of Wednesday morning, according to TiqIQ, another tracking service. “I don’t know what gets more special than this”. “That’s why I didn’t play”. 270 with 61 RBIs this season. Cruz, the go-ahead run, was tagged out at the plate.
“Two unbelievable clubs we just beat, the Pirates, who have an unbelievable organization and the same with the Cardinals”.
“There’s good things going on in this clubhouse”, said Rizzo.
Though Molina was able to play through the torn left thumb ligament that he suffered in late September, the injury clearly compromised him: He picked up just one hit in eight NLDS at-bats before re-injuring his hand in Game 3 and was unable to answer the bell for Game 4. These were the two runs that Hammel gave up in his three innings of work as he allowed three hits while walking three and striking out two.
“It’s not like Jason (Hammel) was throwing the ball poorly”, said Maddon, who replaced his starting pitcher in the fourth inning. One series victory down, two more to go.
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Javier Baez followed with a three-run homer to right, giving the Cubs a 4-2 lead and sending a charge through the frenzied crowd of 42,411 at Wrigley Field. He would end up going 0-3 in Game 4, but still managed to contribute with a timely throw, catching St. Louis catcher Tony Cruz at home with the game tied to end the sixth inning. Schwarber has been a lightning bolt and his home run still hasn’t landed (okay it did, right on top of the Wrigley scoreboard).
