Wong, who earlier had snapped a hitless streak at 22 at-bats, doubled to right off lefthander Mike Montgomery with one out. Harrison Bader drew a walk on a close 3-2 pitch from righthander Dillon Maples and pinch hitter Jedd Gyorko walked on four not-very-close pitches from Maples, who couldn’t get Gyorko to chase.
This prompted Cubs manager Joe Maddon to switch to former Cardinal Steve Cishek with the bases loaded and one out and Carpenter, who has baseball’s highest average with the bases loaded at .510 (25 for 49) and 73 batted in runs, found himself staring at a five-man infield and no left fielder.