Kris Bryant hits first career walk-off homer to give Cubs dramatic win
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Kris Bryant, the much-heralded Chicago Cubs rookie, has experienced a number of firsts this season. But Monday night might have been most thrilling of them. Bryant crushed a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, erasing a one-run deficit and giving the Cubs a 9-8 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
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Yep, the ol’ walk-off homer. It was the first of Bryant’s young career, and as you can see, he and his teammates made the moment memorable. The Wrigley Field crowd, of course, loved every second too.
“The last three or four games, I’ve hit five or six to the warning track and that’s obviously frustrating,” Bryant told reporters after the game. “I believe in baseball gods and I believe they pay you back, and I guess I got one today. It worked out for us. It was a really good win, that’s for sure.”
Bryant actually knocked in the first run for the Cubs too. He singled in the fourth, as part of a six-run inning. The Cubs blew a 7-4 lead in the ninth, which would have been the story here. But Bryant rewrote that himself and created a moment he’ll never forget.
O’S WALK OFF ON MATT WIETERS’ HOMER
Kris Bryant wasn’t the only walk-off homer hero of Monday night, as Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters broke a 1-1 tie against the Atlanta Braves with a solo homer. This came in the 11th inning, so give Wieters extra drama points.
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The O’s tied the game in the bottom of the ninth on a J.J. Hardy sac fly. It’s the third win in a row for the Orioles, who are trying to keep up with the first-place Yankees in the AL East. Baltimore is 49-49 and seven games back.
WHITE SOX WIN FIFTH STRAIGHT
It might be too late for the Chicago White Sox to play themselves back to relevancy in the AL Central, but Robin Ventura’s bunch did win its fifth straight game Monday night, topping the Boston Red Sox 10-8. Adam Eaton had three hits to lead the Chicago charge and the club did its best to make John Danks’ icky start (4.1 innings, nine hits, six earned runs) a non-issue.
ROYALS ARE FIRST TO 60 WINS IN AL
The riding-high Kansas City Royals notched another achievement Monday. They’re the first AL team to 60 wins after beating the Cleveland Indians 9-4. Eric Hosmer hit a three-run homer and drove in another run, as the Kansas City got another good outing from Edinson Volquez. The only team in baseball with more wins than the Royals are the St. Louis Cardinals, who are 64-35. On the other side, the Indians lost their fifth straight game.
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