"Everybody's always into the base hits," Maddon said. "Crawford, their guy, had a tremendous game -- not a good game, he had a tremendous game. [Bryant] beats out a well-struck ball and they turned it clean, and he beat it out. That to me was one of the biggest moments in today's game.
"Of course, the homer was obvious, but if you break his game down and what he's doing and the rest of his game, that, to me, is what's most impressive."
Bryant connected on his 15th homer with one out in the third to go ahead, 3-2, and raise his RBI total to 64, which leads the Cubs and all Major League rookies.