Cubs 7, Pirates 6: Carson Kelly walks it off

Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field was better than Saturday in every single way. First, the weather was more than 30 degrees warmer — 80 at game time, a nice day to have in mid-April. And the Cubs came from behind with good relief work and some excellent baserunning, tying the game in the eighth.

Then Carson Kelly’s single walked it off in the ninth for a 7-6 win over the Pirates . 80-degree temps in April generally come with strong winds blowing out at Wrigley and this day was no exception. Six miles per hour, as reported in the boxscore?

I think not, as howling winds made the flags look like this pre-game ( Bluesky link ): It got so windy that they took the team flags down from the board. Jameson Taillon got taken deep by Oneil Cruz on the third pitch of the game. That one definitely had some help from the wind.

Then in the second, Taillon loaded the bases with two out, one of those outs thanks to a ball-four call that Kelly got overturned [VIDEO]. Your browser does not support the video tag. After that, Taillon threw ball one to Brandon Lowe and then laid one right down the middle of the plate that Lowe did not miss.