Outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong played in Chicago from April 24-May 21 and was called up to Chicago again on May 30. But in his latest stint with the I-Cubs, PCA seemed to hit everything in sight; and he hit it hard.
On his way to an International League Player of the Week honor for the week of May 26, Crow-Armstrong batted .444 In six games against the Indianapolis Indians, with 10 runs, four doubles, three home runs, seven RBI and five stolen bases. During that time, he led the league with seven extra-base hits, 25 total bases, and 12 hits.
Over that span Crow-Armstrong ranked tied for first in the International league in runs and stolen bases, third in slugging percentage, with a .926 mark, fourth in on-base plus slugging, at 1.426, and tied for fourth in batting average.
In that six-game set at Principal Park, Crow-Armstrong tallied five multi-hit games — the longest streak of that kind by an I-Cub this season — highlighted by one of the best games by a minor-leaguer this season in a May 26 12-0 win.
In that rout, the Cubs’ former No. 1 prospect went 4-for-5 with three doubles, four RBI, four runs and one highlight-reel home run, which featured an emphatic bat flip.
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Before that homer, Louisville pitcher Willy Peralta threw back-to-back fastballs that nearly hit Crow Armstrong. The first pitch went behind his back and the next one, which resulted in a Marty Pevey ejection, sailed to the back stop after flying behind his head.
Crow-Armstrong credited Pevey, who got tossed after complaining because there were no warnings issued after the second pitch sailed high and inside, for standing up for him.
“Marty had my back,” Crow Armstrong told Marquee Sports Network the following afternoon. “I think that was his homer. I don’t know if I get another pitch to hit if he doesn’t get tossed.”
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Although Crow-Armstrong is in Chicago now, his series against the Indians will be part of Principal Park lore for quite some time.