Kyle Schwarber’s monster home run lands on Wrigley Field videoboard
The Chicago Cubs home-run barrage continued in their NLDS Game 4 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals, which catapulted them to their first NLCS since 2003.
After six different Cubs homered in a historic offensive performance during their Game 3 victory, the team connected for three more home runs on Tuesday as they overpowered and dispatched their longtime rivals.
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The loudest and by far the grandest in its spectacle came off the bat of Kyle Schwarber. With the Cubs leading by a run in the seventh inning, Schwarber connected against Cardinals reliever Kevin Siegrist, sending a moonshot to right field that actually landed on top of the Wrigley Field videoboard.
There it sits, lonely and likely destroyed on the inside. That gave Chicago a 6-4 lead, which held up as the game’s final score.
Estimates of the home run’s distance have varied.
One thing we can all agree on: It was crushed. Even other teams around MLB couldn’t help but marvel at the home run’s distance. Here’s a fun Vine from the Oakland A’s.
All three of Chicago’s home runs were a big part of their victory. Javier Baez hit a three-run shot that gave Chicago its first lead of the game in the second inning. In the sixth, Anthony Rizzo answered a Cardinals rally with his own go-ahead solo home run.
As for Schwarber’s blast, it served as the exclamation point to a remarkable series and a warning to the rest of baseball and especially to the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Cubs are here, and they aren’t going away any time soon.
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