Updated
Updated · FOX 32 Chicago · Aug 18
Fans Trade Punches at Wrigley Field as Cubs Win 7-5 on 10th-Inning Homer
Updated
Updated · FOX 32 Chicago · Aug 18

Fans Trade Punches at Wrigley Field as Cubs Win 7-5 on 10th-Inning Homer

3 articles · Updated · FOX 32 Chicago · Aug 18

Summary

  • Multiple fans threw punches in the Wrigley Field bleachers during the eighth inning of Monday night’s Cubs-White Sox game, with security and Chicago police moving in to stop the scuffle.
  • Video posted to X captured the altercation, but authorities had not said what sparked it or whether anyone was arrested or charged.
  • Pete Crow-Armstrong shifted attention back to the field with a two-run walk-off homer in the 10th that gave the Cubs a 7-5 win in Game 1 of the Crosstown Classic.
  • Crow-Armstrong finished 4-for-5 with a walk, hit his 30th homer of the season and secured a second straight 30-homer, 30-steal year as the Cubs snapped a two-game skid.
  • The rivalry series continues Tuesday at Wrigley Field, with Kevin Gausman scheduled to start for the Cubs while the White Sox had not named a starter.

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