And so it was written that on the 33rd day since Anthony Rizzo’s last home run, that he would slam a ball to the very back of the right-field bleachers at Wrigley Field to send a full house into ecstasy with a walkoff 7-6 Cubs win over the Diamondbacks.
It was the fourth walkoff homer of Rizzo’s career, but his first in almost four years, since September 15, 2014, when he won a 1-0 game against the Reds with a homer.
And it came two pitches after David Bote, just recalled from Triple-A Iowa to replace the injured Kris Bryant on the roster, did his best Bryant imitation by smacking his second homer of the season with Ben Zobrist on base to tie the game.