ESPN.com · Aug 12, 2016
Chapman awarded steak dinner for 3-pitch inning
CHICAGO -- Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman is in the right city to find a good steakhouse as his manager owes him a dinner after Chapman performed a rare feat on Thursday night.
The lefty threw three pitches getting three outs in the ninth inning of Thursday's 4-3, 11-inning win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
"When you're in the minor leagues you actually give a pitcher a steak dinner for a four-pitch inning," Joe Maddon explained after the game. "He got it in three so I have to make it a really good steak dinner."
Jedd Gyorko hit a line drive on pitch No.1 right to third baseman Javier Baez for out No.1. Greg Garcia did the same exact thing on pitch No. 2.