CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs turned their holiday into a home run. Eight of them, to be exact.
Michael Busch hit three longballs, Pete Crow-Armstrong connected twice, and the Cubs went deep a franchise-record eight times to hammer the rival St. Louis Cardinals 11-3 on Friday for their fourth straight victory as the nation celebrated Independence Day.
“It was just a fun game to be a part of,” Busch said. “Baseball is kind of a July Fourth kind of deal, and especially to do it in Wrigley Field and have just so much excitement in the game — that was one I’ll never forget.”
The fireworks started long before sunset in front of 40,038 fans at Wrigley.
Busch went 4-for-4 with five RBIs in the three-homer performance and second multihomer game of his MLB career, which began with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2023 before he joined the Cubs last season. His second drive of the day hit the right-field video board, just after Crow-Armstrong reached it.