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- Updated: August 28, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The Cubs had runners at first and second in the first inning on Saturday and had just taken a 1-0 lead against the Dodgers’ Julio Urias on Anthony Rizzo’s RBI single. Cleanup batter Ben Zobrist was up, but, as Zobrist says, he’s just one of many cleanup hitters in the Cubs’ lineup. And Zobrist bunted, hoping for a hit, which is not something most cleanup batters would do.
With men on first and second, Zobrist didn’t expect to see many pitches from Urias, and hadn’t faced the young lefty before. Zobrist was given the option to bunt on the first pitch, and chose to do so again on the second.
“I’d rather be more aggressive with men in scoring position, and so, all those things put together made me think, this is not a time to take pitches as much as it’s a time to take action, and the action we decided to take was bunt for a hit,” Zobrist said on Sunday, wearing an appropriate “Bunt to Win” T-shirt.
There were a lot of factors involved to create the perfect …
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