Christian Yelich has 13 home runs. If it weren’t for Cody Bellinger — who has 11 homers of his own — Yelich would have 14. That’s fun, and it’s our top MLB social media interaction of the day. But it’s far from all. The Cubs’ David Bote hit a walk-off single and then sprinted — to the hospital, where his wife was giving birth. And Matt Shoemaker’s reaction to an injury is an inspiration. That Sunday Night Baseball game? Not so much.
Leave it to Cody Bellinger to stop Christian Yelich from homering yet again. It’s shaping up to be quite an MVP race, and the only unfortunate thing is that the Dodgers and Brewers don’t play again in the regular season.
Christian Yelich has a 3 HR lead over Cody Bellinger in the National League. Bellinger prevented it becoming 4
🎥 @Dodgers pic.twitter.com/9WU3ZVfLlg
— SB Nation MLB (@SBNationMLB) April 21, 2019
When ending a game before it goes to extra innings means a little more… Brought to you by the Cubs’ David Bote.
David Bote not available postgame. Had to leave right away to catch flight to Colorado for birth of his third child. No word if he just kept sprinting out of stadium in uniform.
Talk about timely hitting.
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) April 21, 2019
David Bote’s wife is having a baby tonight. 9 months and 9 days ago, Bote hit a grand slam vs the Nats.
Just sayin.
— Craig Stambaugh (@CraigStambaugh) April 21, 2019
Matt Shoemaker was hit in the head with a line drive a couple of years ago and has suffered through a litany of unfortunate injuries. His reaction to the latest, a torn ACL suffered Saturday, is heartbreaking but inspirational.
Stay strong and keep fighting. pic.twitter.com/gDjV0dUDP8
— Matt Shoemaker (@MattShoe52) April 22, 2019
Finally, the Braves and Indians showed us a classic way to end the week that was in baseball. Here’s to another!
The baseball play equivalent of Monday mornings. pic.twitter.com/TxKdWZi3ym
— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 22, 2019
