With two more stolen bases on Thursday, Chicago Cubs' rookie Pete Crow-Armstrong has made some impressive team history.
beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Thursday afternoon at Oracle Park in San Francisco. With the win, the Cubs are now 38-44 on the season while the Giants fell to 39-43 with the loss.
Shota Imanaga rebounded for a solid 6.0 inning performance on the mound while Seiya Suzuki had a double and a triple in the win. Also impressive was the history-making stolen base effort of Cubs' rookie Pete Crow-Armstrong.Since the NL started tracking caught stealing in 1951, Pete Crow-Armstrong is the first #Cubs player to start a season 15 for 15 in stolen base attempts.
Since he's only hitting .200 through 120 at-bats this season, those extra things that he does well are clearly even more important. The 22-year-old was a first-round pick in the 2020 draft by the Mets out of the California high school ranks. The Cubs will take on the Milwaukee Brewers in a divisional showdown on Friday night. First pitch is set for 8:10 p.m. ET as Jameson Taillon takes the ball against Collin Rea.
Taillon is 4-3 with a 2.90 ERA while Rea is 6-2 with a 3.62 ERA. Milwaukee currently leads the National League Central at 48-33. The Cubs are 10.5 games back and are currently in last place.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube.
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