Things weren’t looking too hot for Matt Boyd and the Cubs when the first five Reds batters combined for two doubles and three singles to build a 3-0 lead. Then a walk put a man on with Boyd at 29 pitches and no outs recorded. Five pitches later, the Cubs were out of the inning and it felt like they had found a little air bubble in a capsized boat. Then the Reds scored again in the 3rd, removing most of what little oxygen was left.
That’s when Pete Crow-Armstrong happened.
After Seiya Suzuki hit a one-out double in the top of the 4th, the NL WAR leader ambushed a 99.