Bleed Cubbie Blue · Apr 25, 2024
Cubs 3, Astros 1: PCA saves the day
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesThe first thing I thought when I saw Pete Crow-Armstrong’s sixth-inning blast head toward the right-field bleachers was, “You have got to be kidding me!” PCA had struggled so mightily in his first exposure to MLB pitching last September, and Justin Verlander had just made him look silly in his first two MLB at-bats this year.
And then he launches a two-run homer — into the teeth of a strong wind blowing in — for his first major-league hit, and it wound up winning the game for the Cubs, 3-1, giving them a series sweep over an Astros team that looks utterly lost.
More on the PCA homer coming. Let’s begin at the beginning.