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Mike Tauchman spread his arms just before crossing home plate and turned toward the packed stands, the Cubs fans’ cheers raining down on him.
His first career walk-off home run put the Cubs over the White Sox 7-6 on Wednesday, for the team’s first consecutive wins in a month.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever hit a walk off homer, so I didn’t really know what to do,” Tauchman said. “I’ve seen some. But I love this group. And that was a win that took every single guy.”
Emotion was heightened – as evident in Nico Hoerner’s first career ejection in the fourth inning for arguing a strike call on a pitch off the plate.