In their most famous previous matchup, Freddie Freeman already was 4-for-4 with two singles, a double and a homer on April 28, 2021, and his Braves were leading by 10 over Anthony Rizzo’s Cubs. Yet ...

Rizzo also pitched against the Diamondbacks in 2018, retiring AJ Pollock for the last out of the top of the ninth July 23, 2018, a game the Cubs lost 7-1. Again, you can’t do that now, as a team has ...

He wasn’t the only Cubs position player to pitch in that game. After Rizzo’s K of “Frederick” (as Rizzo once called him during a rundown on the bases when he, Rizzo, was mic’d up), Matt Duffy came in ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one hit over 6 1/3 innings, Freddie Freeman homered for the second straight day and the Los ...