More than a month has passed since the Phillies traded for Asdrubal Cabrera because they thought he could add offense to their lineup.
Cabrera lined a solo home run to left-center field in the 10th inning to complete a 2-1 comeback victory over the Chicago Cubs. It was the fifth game-winning homer of Cabrera's career, the first since his infamous bat flip against Phillies reliever Edubray Ramos as a member of the New York Mets.
There were no such theatrics this time. Cabrera simply rounded the bases after launching a pitch from Cubs reliever Steve Cishek. But he was greeted at home plate by celebrating teammates, who couldn't possibly have known yet that the division-leading Atlanta Braves almost simultaneously lost at home to the Pittsburgh Pirates.