The Cubs hadn’t played extra innings over their first 25 games of the 2019 season, and then they chose a getaway-day Sunday afternoon in Phoenix to go past nine innings for the first time. And when they go extras... man, they go extras.
Before I get to all the details, here’s a story about this game that turned out to be really important in the end:
Chicago Cubs third baseman David Bote wasn’t supposed to be in the starting lineup Sunday. But that was before manager Joe Maddon got a nudge to give the nod to the hot hitter.