Aroldis Chapman’s 99-mph fastball smashed into Anthony Rizzo’s left forearm late Sunday night at Wrigley Field, the Cubs scoring the game-tying run, surviving a scary moment with a face-of-the-franchise player and forcing the New York Yankees to play into Monday morning.
After X-rays didn’t reveal a fracture, Rizzo took some Tylenol and played through another nine innings in a 5-4 loss that lasted six hours and five minutes and ended at 1:14 a.m.
“Luckily, there’s nothing significant,” Rizzo said. “I thank my parents I drank my milk when I was a kid and have some decent bones.