Kris Bryant wasn’t having a very good time in the early going of Saturday’s game in Pittsburgh. He struck out looking in his first at-bat and his team was struggling yet again to scratch out anything at the plate against a decidedly meh pitcher. Then there were the two errors at third base that kept opening a door Jon Lester had to nail shut repeatedly over six innings.
Ah, but a single swing can change things in an instant when the game is close. The Cubs learned that all too well in each of the two previous evenings, and Bryant himself had blasted a big homer in Cincinnati last Sunday salvage a split with the Reds.