Anthony Rizzo's NLCS Game 4 home run gave us the Bryzzo moment we've been waiting for
The Cubs were down two games to one to the Dodgers going into Wednesday's NLCS Game 4. Chicago's bats had gone silent -- the team that had scored eight runs in Game 1 got shut out in Games 2 and 3. And
Rizzo did manage to hit one deep during Game 2 … but unfortunately, it went foul:
During the fifth inning of Game 4, it looked like the same thing had happened. Rizzo hit a
His solo shot left his bat at a Statcast™-estimated 105.9 mph, and traveled a projected 401 feet. But most importantly, it resulted in one whole BrH (that stands for Bryzzo Hug):
Rizzo also knocked in two more runs with a bases-loaded single in the top of the sixth and singled again in the top of the eighth. Slump? What slump?
"You've got to turn the page to the next at-bat, and you've got to be ready for that big situation," said Rizzo. "All the guys in the clubhouse are there telling you, all the veterans: It just takes one at-bat. It just takes one. It's all about winning games, and we came up on the good side tonight."
Fun fact: Rizzo was also using
"I've done it a few times," he said. "... The first two at-bats weren't so hot. Szcz came out today with a nice feature on him about him giving his bone marrow, so all the things were just adding up. I hit well with his bat, so he has hits in it. Same size, just different model and different name, and it worked." <o:p>
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