Of the 21 home runs Michael A. Taylor hit in 2017, between the regular season and the NLDS, none was bigger than his eighth-inning grand slam in the win-or-go-home Game 4 of the Division Series with the Chicago Cubs (though Taylor’s inside-the-park grand slam vs the Phillies in September was pretty impressive).
Washington’s 1-0 lead over Chicago was expanded to 5-0 by the Game 4 blast, which went out in spite of a strong wind coming in from right field, and shocked everyone there in Wrigley Field, including the Nationals and Cubs’ skippers.