VIDEO: Jason Heyward Rips Game-Winning Single to Save Cubs and Bail Out Pedro Strop
By Adam Weinrib
Just four outs away from victory, Pedro Strop served up a too-straight fastball that Starling Marte walloped out of the yard with fervor, tying the contest up at an inopportune time. Well, no harm, no foul, right? All it did was set Jason Heyward up for some heroics in the eighth! With two outs, Heyward served one into left, and Kris Bryant slid in just in time for the game-winning fourth run.
Jason Heyward takes back the lead! #EverybodyIn pic.twitter.com/p5CZAFxJFI
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 12, 2019
Craig Kimbrel made it hold up, helped out by some nifty defense by Anthony Rizzo, and the W flew all over the Wrigley outfield.