Wrigley erupts as Rizzo homers on 14th pitch of AB originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
There are good at-bats, and there are great at-bats.
Anthony Rizzo's in the sixth inning Friday against the Cardinals was the latter.
Rizzo stepped to the plate with the Cubs trailing St. Louis 5-4. The first baseman was down 0-2 in the count against Cardinals right-hander Daniel Ponce de Leon after fouling off an 0-1 offering.
What followed was one of the better sequences you'll see from a hitter as Rizzo fouled off nine more pitches, including six straight at one point, with a ball sandwiched between another three fouls.
And on Ponce de Leon's 14th offering, Rizzo didn't miss, smacking a game-tying home run to the right field bleachers to knot things at 5.
Friday marked the Cubs' first game with a full capacity crowd at Wrigley Field since 2019, and the 35,112 in attendance erupted with a tremendous roar.
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Outside of it being a pivotal moment, Rizzo made some history with the long ball. It's the deepest in an at-bat a Cubs player has hit a home run since tracking pitch counts started in 1988, according to MLB.com's Sarah Langs.
What a moment on a memorable day at Wrigley Field.
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