This season has been filled with memorable games and performances, yet Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field might have provided the best individual moment for a player on a team that ended the day a season-high 25 games over .500.
Starlin Castro had a career day against the Cardinals, a team that the Cubs have really struggled with over his six seasons in the majors. Castro broke a 3-3 tie with a two-run homer in the fifth and in his next at bat he launched a three-run homer to left. And for the first time in his career, Castro made a curtain call.