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Jesse Rogers
Chicago-Most players are happy to have finished against the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the Chicago Cubs Center field player Pete Crow-Armstrong, may not be one of them.
The native of Los Angeles burnt down his childhood team this season, including Wednesday evening at Wrigley Field when he went 3-en-4 with a Home Run, two stolen bases and four career points in career, helping the Cubs at a 7-6 victory. He came a night after Chicago beat 11-10, with Crow-Armstrong contributing to another Home Run.
He was asked on Wednesday if his production had a special meaning to come against the team for which he used to.
“Absolutely,” he said. “I mean, they are considered the best, and I think we liked to be able to show that we are there with them, and yes, it’s always a little special for me to do it against the team I grew up.”
Crow-Armstrong has erased a deficit of 2-0 Cubs with a three-round circuit in the fourth round, then added a skore single of a round later, which turned out to be the last series of the night for the Cubs.
Overall, he had four circuits and nine points produced in the series of seven games against the Dodgers, which the Cubs won 4-3 after losing the first two games in Japan in mid-March. But it was before takeoff of the cubs offensive. They have an average of 6.3 MLB points per game.
The Crow-Armstrong season also took off, from more than a week, when the teams met in Los Angeles. During the 10 games since then, the 23 -year -old hit 0.400 with five circuits.
“He needs to send me a bottle of wine or golf balls with all the success he had,” joked Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, before Wednesday’s match.
Roberts and Crow-Armstrong exchanged jokes before the first match in the series, because the second year player is friends with Roberts’ son Cole. The two played against each other growing up.
“I got some different connections with Doc,” said Crow-Armstrong. “He’s so great.”
It is the same word as the Crow-Armstrong teammates use it on its subject when it continues to impress both in marble and on the field. According to ESPN Research, he is the fastest player in the history of Cubs to reach five circuits and 10 stolen bases, which does it in 26 games.
In addition, his launchers love to see him Patrol Center Field.
“Defensively, I was able to say that he is probably the best,” said Matthew Boyd’s starter on Wednesday. “And what he does in marble is not a surprise.”
Crow-Armstrong showed signs of rupture at the end of last year, but then had trouble at the start of the season before locking up during the last road trip of the Cubs. He said he was “in time” with his swing while learning to better manage failure. He was asked how much he was satisfied with his game right now.
“If he goes out in a victory, it’s very satisfactory,” he said. “It makes me feel very happy. I love being able to impact any possible way.”
His manager, who called on Wednesday a “wonderful game” for Crow-Armstrong.
“He made his presence feel for sure,” said Craig Counsell.
Crow-Armstrong quickly becomes a favorite of fans, while the faithful of the Cubs take his aggressive style of play. He was asked what it was to hear his name sung when he arrived on the plate after producing in previous bats.
“I tried to settle this,” he said, laughing. “I thought about it yesterday and I said to myself, I had to be 0 for 20 when they sang my name. But they continue to sing and they get behind each of us and it’s the coolest thing.”
