Matt Szczur was safe.
The play was closer than it should have been and had Szczur just slid directly into the plate instead of trying to sneak his hand in on the way by, I probably wouldn’t have filled my diaper and tried to incite my fellow online villagers last night. I’m sure it didn’t help matters that the Cubs were only up 1-0 at the time and hadn’t really been able to mount much of an offensive attack in support of Jason Hammel.
When Anthony Rizzo rapped a sharp single into the hole on the left side vacated by the shift, third base coach Gary Jones was sending Szczur from second all the way.