Crow-Armstrong has 2nd 6-RBI game of month in 13-6 win over Reds

No matter where Craig Counsell puts Pete Crow-Armstrong in the Chicago Cubs lineup, the center fielder is producing at a record rate.

Crow-Armstrong’s first career grand slam in the seventh inning of Friday night’s 13-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds made him the first Cubs player since runs batted in became an official stat in 1920 to have two games with at least six RBIs in a calendar month.

The 23-year old outfielder — who batted cleanup on Friday night — drove in six runs from the leadoff spot in the Cubs’ 13-3 victory over the White Sox on May 16.

Crow-Armstrong is tied for seventh in the majors with 14 home runs. However, all of them have come in the last 34 games. He is the third Cub since 1901 to have at least 14 round trippers in that span, joining Sammy Sosa and Hank Sauer, who did it twice.

He’s also third in the majors with 45 RBIs and tied for sixth with 14 stolen bases.

According to Elias, he is the third big-league player since 1920 with at least 14 homers, 14 steals and 45 RBIs through the first 51 games of a season. Eric Davis was the last to do it in 1987 with the Reds.

“There’s no question that Pete’s kind of doing some things very uniquely right,” Counsell said. “And he does some things that other guys can’t do. And that’s so much fun to watch. That’s why you hear people chant his name all the time. So we’re lucky to be able to watch something like this.”


(AP Photo Carolyn Kaster)