The Cubs welcomed Starlin Castro, Aroldis Chapman and Adam Warren back to Wrigley Field with video tributes and hugs on Friday, but Brett Gardner gave the Yankees something to celebrate.
Gardner hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning off Hector Rondon to lift the Yankees to a 3-2 Interleague win over the Cubs. Chapman, a hero in the World Series last fall for the Cubs, pitched the ninth for the save.
“I think we’ve just got a resilient group of guys,” Gardner said. “We love to win and we hate to lose.