Cubs: Anthony Rizzo’s ALCS home run comes in Yankees loss

The Chicago Cubs are not participating in the postseason for the second season in a row. It is largely by design as a retool is going on for the northsiders. However, there are plenty of former Cubs to keep an eye on through the 2022 MLB Playoffs.

On Wednesday, the afternoon featured the San Diego Padres and the Philadelphia Phillies. Yu Darvish made the start for the Padres a night earlier but took the loss. Kyle Schwarber, who had a huge day off of Darvish on Tuesday, was in again on Wednesday.

San Diego erased a 4-0 deficit and now the series is tied at 1-1. It is going to be a great finish that will certainly continue to have some Cubs’ influence.

Later in the night, the New York Yankees (following a huge winner-take-all-game-five victory) took on the Houston Astros. Of course, former Chicago Cubs legend Anthony Rizzo hits right in the middle of their order.

There are plenty of great former Chicago Cubs playing in the 2022 postseason.

In this game one of the series, Rizzo hit a big home run which was his second of the playoffs. The Astros had a 4-1 lead at that point so it just brought it up to 4-2 which would hold as the final score. Although it was nice for Rizzo to get that big hit, it wasn’t enough for his team to win.

The Astros are trying to get into the World Series for the second straight year and the fourth time since the Cubs won it all in 2016. It is an impressive run for a team that takes a lot of heat off the field for obvious reasons.

The NLCS and ALCS have been magnificent so far and there is a lot more to come. Rizzo’s Yankees trail the Astros 1-0 in the series and as mentioned before, the NL series is tied at one all.

Game two of the ALCS takes place on Thursday night as the Astros will host the Yankees again. On Friday, the National League Championship Series will transition over to Philadelphia. It is going to be great to see a series this big return back to the City of Brotherly Love.

For Cubs fans, watching Schwarber, Rizzo, and Darvish play is going to be fun in addition to some other greats like Aaron Judge, Jose Altuve, Giancarlo Stanton, Juan Soto, and Manny Machado. Playoff baseball, no matter what, is so amazing.