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Cubs rookie Pete Crow-Armstrong flexed his chest as he jogged into home plate. He let out a shout toward teammate Miguel Amaya, who was waiting on the other side, hands held above his head for a high-ten.
For his first major-league hit, Crow-Armstrong had not only launched a two-run homer into the right-field bleachers, but he gave the Cubs a 3-1 lead in the sixth inning.
Crow-Armstrong was in the starting lineup Thursday for the first time this season, after coming into Wednesday’s game as a late-inning defensive replacement.
In his second major-league stint, Crow-Armstrong came in this week with a foundation he didn’t have when he debuted last September.