As much as I want to jump down the Cardinals throats here, the most likely outcome is that nothing illegal was actually done. Yes, you can see a brown smudge on Molina's chest protector, but this has happened before and it's pretty much accepted in MLB. For example, during the 2015 World Seres between the Royals and Mets, Salvador Perez had pine tar on his shin guard and nothing was really made of it by the Mets. The argument being that catchers need it for better grip, especially during cold games. Anyway, if Joe Maddon thought something was illegal he would've said something. So, unless Cardinals pitcher Brett Cecil was using pine tar, there's no controversy here. However, that doesn't mean this wasn't absolutely hilarious because after Szczur reached, Jon Jay walked and then Kyle Schwarber ripped the hearts out of Cardinals fans...again.Did the #Cubs just catch the #Cardinals cheating? What's on that chest protector, Yadi? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/RQJVwNaa1Q
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) April 6, 2017
The Cubs added another run later in the seventh to make it 6-4. Hector Rondon pitched a perfect inning and then Carl Edwards Jr. bailed out Pedro Strop in the eighth. Edwards came in with two runners on and one out, but got out of the jam by striking out Randal Grichuk and Jedd Gyorko. Wade Davis gave up a double in the ninth, but worked around it to pick up his second save of the year. A nice little series win to open up the 2017 season for the World Champs. Oh, by the way, if a Cardinals fan ever tells you how bad Kyle Schwarber is as an outfielder, which he isn't really, just show them this to shut them up.
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