Cubs 3, Astros 1: PCA saves the day

Apr 25 2024 by Bleed Cubbie Blue

 
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images

Pete Crow-Armstrong won the game with his first MLB hit.

The first thing I thought when I saw Pete Crow-Armstrong’s sixth-inning blast head toward the right-field bleachers was, “You have got to be kidding me!” PCA had struggled so mightily in his first exposure to MLB pitching last September, and Justin Verlander had just made him look silly in his first two MLB at-bats this year.

And then he launches a two-run homer — into the teeth of a...

Continue Reading Cubs 3, Astros 1: PCA saves the day