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Cubs' Anthony Rizzo Hit Go-Ahead Grand Slam After Young Fan Asked for 'Moonshot'

The meaning behind Anthony Rizzo's go-ahead grand slam Friday is a lot deeper than the 366 feet the baseball traveled.

Prior to the game at Chicago's Wrigley Field, according to the Associated Press, Rizzo met a nine-year-old boy named Matteo Lambert in the dugout. Lambert requested a "moonshot" from Rizzo for his group running a 5K race in Chicago's Grant Park to fundraise for childhood cancer.

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FUN FACT: All four of @ARizzo44's grand slams have come at Wrigley Field. Three of the four have been go-ahead blasts. #TeamRizzo https://t.co/o4elRIEc77

"That was for him," Rizzo said of his grand slam, referencing Lambert.