“You have one of your best bats period against a left-handed pitcher, has historically been excellent against lefties and he’s well-rested, so it wasn’t much of a question there. “That wasn’t a tough decision at all,” manager Gabe Kapler said. The Giants could have left Flores in San Francisco for an additional day and activated him at the beginning of their seven-game homestand, but the club chose to have the infielder fly to Chicago on Saturday so he could be in the lineup against Cubs lefty Justin Steele. (AP Photo/Mark Black)įlores was the offensive catalyst Sunday for a Giants team that has now scored at least six runs in all seven wins during their streak as the infielder returned from a 10-day stint on the injured list to go 3-for-4 with a home run and a walk. “Win the division is our mindset.” San Francisco Giants Wilmer Flores rounds second during his two run home run against the Chicago Cubs during the fifth inning of a baseball game Sunday, Sept. “If we do end up clinching a playoff spot sometime here soon, we’re not going to take our foot off the gas,” said reliever Tyler Rogers, who escaped a bases loaded jam in the seventh on Sunday.
The Giants’ primary focus for the remainder of the regular season is to hold off the Dodgers and win the National League West, but the club can pop champagne bottles as soon as Monday if it beats the Padres at Oracle Park.
The rest of the series should be a lot of fun.By improving to 93-50, the Giants inched closer to snapping their four-year playoff drought as their magic number to clinch a postseason berth dropped to one following the Reds’ 2-0 loss to the Cardinals. Winning this one would have been awesome for the Cubs but they were lucky to even be in it. It was an amazing way to see Rizzo play against the Cubs for the first time since the 2021 trade. It was also a game where this very subpar Chicago Cubs team kept up with one of the best teams in the league. Joey Gallo was the pinch-runner in the game and Jose Trevino hit the game-winner to score him. In the 13th inning, the Yankees scored thanks to some pinch-hitting and pinch-running. The Cubs received their run thanks to a solo shot of their own from Jason Heyward. You don’t see games get this far in terms of innings anymore but they both managed to get really good pitching in extra innings.įormer Cubs prospect Gleyber Torres hit a solo shot for the Yankees which is where they got their first run. It was tied at one for a very time and it took a while to get it settled. New York won 2-1 thanks to some 13th-inning magic. The game beyond the Rizzo story was absolutely insane. It wasn’t his best night offensively but Cubs fans know that he is still dangerous even when the ball isn’t getting through. Rizzo didn’t collect a hit (0-4) but he did draw a walk and was hit by a pitch in his six plate appearances. Seeing him stand on first base next to Frank Schwindel was just odd (Schwindel took Rizzo’s spot after the trade). It wasn’t the same as it will be when Rizzo returns to Wrigley Field as a road player but it was still odd to see him line up against the Cubs. It was truly cool to see these two historic teams match up against one another. It was the first time that the Cubs paid a visit to Yankee Stadium since 2014.
He ended up staying there on an extension so he was able to face his old team on Friday.
Anthony Rizzo faced off against the Chicago Cubs on Friday night at Yankee Stadium.
Rizzo and the Yankees were defeated by the Boston Red Sox in the 2021 Wild Card Game so his time there was looking like it might come to a quick end because of the fact that he was an unrestricted free agent. He was dealt to the New York Yankees for future assets. Unfortunately, the business side of baseball (and some boneheaded decisions by the management team) forced them to trade Rizzo in 2021.