When the Cubs have needed a big hit over the last month, Frank Schwindel has been at the plate and with the game on the line in Monday’s 4-3 win, the Cubs’ first baseman came through once again.
The Cubs and Reds were tied at 3 going into the bottom of the eighth inning and after pinch-hitter Alfonso Rivas started the inning with a 10-pitch at-bat that resulted in a single and moved to second on a wild pitch, Schwindel came to the plate.
“I was borderline giddy in the dugout thinking, ‘It can’t happen again, can it?