The best thing about Kyle Schwarber’s 10th-inning blast last night is not that it sent 39,788 Cubs fans home deliriously happy with a 4-3 win over the Reds, it was that for those of us watching on TV, we didn’t have to force ourselves to stay awake in between pitches by Raisel Iglesias.
“I was actually trying to hit a single up the middle,” said Schwarber, who connected on his first career walk-off homer and his 21st home run this season. “I didn’t want to get too big. I stayed up the middle but just got under it and hit it well enough for it to catch the basket there.