The two home runs Anthony Rizzo launched Tuesday night equaled the number of round-trippers he’d hit over a span of 204 plate appearances from June 16 to August 15. Yikes, just two homers in two months. But Rizzo had also hit a pair of dingers in the four games prior to Tuesday, signaling that the lights are indeed coming back on after that prolonged power outage.
No one could really point to anything Rizzo was doing differently, especially since most of his other offensive numbers were at or above his career marks. Joe Maddon explained that something was simply off with the slugger’s mechanics, which was obvious from the results, and that it was something that had to work itself out.