Last night David Bote hit his first career walk-off grand slam and it was an ultimate grand slam, as the Chicago Cubs were down 3-0 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.
WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM FOR THE @CUBS!!!!!
DAVID BOTE'S WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM TO STUN THE NATIONALS IS EVEN BETTER WITH TITANIC MUSIC!!! UNBELIEVABLE WIN!!!!
⚾️🚢🎶 pic.twitter.com/cLEkwQxY7p
— TITANIC BASEBALL⚾️🚢🎶 (@TitanicBaseball) August 13, 2018
Bote now has three home runs this season and the last two have either tied or won the game for the Cubs in the ninth inning.
Bote's last 2 home runs:
7/26: Cubs entered 9th down 2
Game-Tying 2-run HR – Rizzo followed up with a walkoff8/12: Cubs entered 9th down 3
Walkoff Grand Slam to erase 3-0 deficit.Big time stuff. #Cubs
— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) August 13, 2018
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And it was the first time since 1936 that a player hit an “ultimate grand slam” meaning the team was down 3-0 at the time of the walk-off.
David Bote: first ultimate grand slam (walkoff Grand Slam hit when down 3 runs) to erase 3-0 deficit since Sammy Byrd of the Reds 5/23/1936 vs Pirates.
Bote's was with 2 out though. Byrd's was with none out.#Cubs
— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) August 13, 2018
Oh and it was the second walk-off grand slam of the season for the Cubs.
Slam the door. #EverybodyIn #Walkoff pic.twitter.com/i4VJ8Y9ows
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 7, 2018
Back to Bote.
The rookie is slashing .329/.418/.539, in 91 plate appearances, already putting up a 1.2 fWAR in 34 games. He’s done more than enough to fill in for the injured Kris Bryant, who’s missed all but 10 games since June 22 until now.
After Bote’s latest heroics, someone edited his Wikipedia page it was perfect.
Whoever did that, I think we’re best friends now.
