Cubs Walk-Off And Sweep Blue Jays On One Of The Wildest Endings Of The Year By Aldo Soto -
Aug 20, 2017
What a wild ending at Wrigley Field, as the Chicago Cubs came back to score three runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5, completing the three-game sweep.
The Cubs bullpen was spotless until the 10th, when the Blue Jays scored two runs after a bizarre incident when Alex Avila bounced a throw to Koji Uehara that allowed Josh Donaldson to advance to second base. He eventually scored and struggling lefty Justin Wilson walked in another run to put the Cubs behind 5-3.
Yet, the bottom of the inning was an even crazier, as Kyle Schwarber leadoff the 10th with a strikeout, but reached safely on the strike three wild pitch. Ben Zobrist singled, putting Schwarber at third base and with Anthony Rizzo at the plate Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna threw another wild pitch.
Schwarber scored and Zobrist moved to second. Rizzo made the lone out of the inning, but was able to advance Zobrist to third base with a ground ball. Then, more wildness. Javier Baez came up and he struck out, but reached safely after Toronto’s catcher reacted late on the strike three ball in the dirt. Then, Jason Heyward was hit to load the bases, which brought up Avila.
And just like that the Cubs went from what would have been another brutal loss, to a sweep!
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