WATCH: Anthony Rizzo hammers first-inning homer in second straight game |
CHICAGO — For the second day in a row, Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo swatted a first-inning home run at Wrigley Field. After skying a solo shot against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, Rizzo put the Cubs up 2-0 over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.
Rizzo's two-run blast off starter Wade Miley plated right fielder Kris Bryant, who hit a two-run dinger in the first-inning at-bat immediately preceding Rizzo's on Sunday. Bryant collected an infield single via a comebacker that ricocheted off Miley's glove, and Rizzo went yard on the very next pitch. The first-pitch two-run bomb sailed 411 feet out to right-center field. A towering blast, the hard-hit dinger sported a launch angle of 33 degrees after getting scorched off the bat at 105.1 mph. Miley gave it up on a 84.9-mph cutter, his specialty pitch. Rizzo now has 13 homers and 38 RBIs on the season. Home run No. 13 for @ARizzo44! #TeamRizzo#CubTogether pic.twitter.com/UYqd7FH9wm Back-to-back days with homers for @ARizzo44! pic.twitter.com/Xv4N4fCJg0 #Reds 0 @ #Cubs 2 [B1-1o]:
Anthony Rizzo homers (13): fly ball to CF (2-run)
Hit: 411ft, 105.1mph, 33°??
Pitch: 84.9mph Cutter (LHP Wade Miley, 8)
