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Knock on wood: Szczur’s bat brings Rizzo luck
- Updated: October 20, 2016
LOS ANGELES — As Anthony Rizzo moved into the on-deck circle to take some dry swings ahead of his fifth-inning leadoff at-bat, Matt Szczur found himself doing a double-take from the dugout. Rizzo, after striking out his first two times up, had Szczur’s bat in hand.
Szczur turned to Tommy La Stella and offered a prediction.
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“Watch,” he said. “Tony’s going to get a knock right now.”
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Six pitches later, after Rizzo’s 300-something-foot foul ball and a near walk, Szczur’s bat made contact with a …
