5 On It: What was the best moment of the Cubs' 9-7 win over the Orioles? How many more 20-20 seasons will Pete Crow-Armstrong have?

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It's time for Five On It. Rahimi Harrison-Rowdy. Bring you five topics on their minds today. On 104.3 The Score.

Mark Grody 0:10

I got five on it. Number one. What was the best moment of the Cubs' 9-7 win over the Orioles last night?

Vinny Rotino 0:16

I think it was the second home run by Pekra Armstrong, but also the end of the game, because I'm pretty sure if the game had lasted even a tiny bit longer, the Orioles would have hit more home runs. So either one or the other, but I'm going to go with the second home run. What are you looking at me like that for? I mean, you're not a valid answer. When that game ended, were you like, whew, okay, well, that was way too difficult for a simple thing to happen?

What was the best moment of the Cubs' 9-7 win over the Orioles?

Vinny Rotino 0:43

Like, you scored nine runs. Not enough. So, yeah, you know what? Fine. It's the end. It's the end of the game. Congratulations, Jacob Webb. You got the save. And unfortunately, four saves total is actually one among the team leaders.

Marshall Harris 1:05

No, no, no, no. Four saves is the team lead in saves.

Vinny Rotino 1:08

Congratulations, Jacob Webb.

Marshall Harris 1:11

Nine pitches, eight for strikes. Okay, so I want to make sure we all have this understanding. Two days ago, Jacob Webb goes in and gets out of a jam in the seventh inning. A day later, he's throwing nine pitches for a 1-2-3 ninth in a game in which relievers were giving up home runs like they were giving out Halloween candy.

Vinny Rotino 1:31

There's a dude with 26 saves. Meanwhile, on the Cubs, four gets the job done.

Marshall Harris 1:37

And I'm curious to see what high leverage situations Jacob Webb will be put in once Daniel Palencia will be back. So this is all interesting. That is an important point of the game because if the game doesn't end.

Vinny Rotino 1:51

No, dude, I'm telling you, if that game had lasted like 20 more minutes, I think the O's would have hit like three more home runs. Would you like to hear the save leaders since I'm here? Sure. Cade Smith has 26. I've seen him blow save or two. We have. Brian Baker of Tampa Bay has 25 indicative of these teams records. No. Mason Miller has 23. I'm still afraid of him. Duran out of Philly on Duran has 22. So does Riley O'Brien of St. Louis.

Marshall Harris 2:21

Why are you looking at me like that when you said that of St.

Vinny Rotino 2:23

Louis? Because they have a good bullpen, and I hate this series with the Brewers.

Marshall Harris 2:27

Isn't it more fun this way where you just roll the dice and see who's going to get the save tonight?

Vinny Rotino 2:31

Oh, my word. And then what happens when you have a closer by committee? You have no closer. And then Paul Seawald with Arizona quietly with 20 saves on the season. That was the one that surprised me, actually, when I checked the save leaders last night, as I am wont to do.

Why do hosts credit Jacob Webb's nine-pitch ninth as a crucial save?

Vinny Rotino 2:47

You just got to spend time alone with stats sometimes. So that's not a dirty thing to do at all.

Marshall Harris 2:53

The best moment was the end of the game for you. And I get it because the game certainly 9-3 became 9-7. And then the tying run comes up to the plate and you're thinking, whoo.

Vinny Rotino 3:02

Cubs have been up 9-3 before and that is not indicative of a confident win.

Marshall Harris 3:08

But I'm going to disagree with you. The best moment of this game was Seiya Suzuki making it a 9-3 lead after watching Pete Coral Armstrong and Michael Bush draw these quality walks. And then the lefties got to face a guy in Seiya Suzuki who came into this game. I saw him go three for five not too long ago, but apparently he had gone 16 straight at-bats without a hit. And he's like, here's your hit. And he drives one over the left field fence for a three-run homer. And that was the exclamation point on the Cubs scoring. It was the best moment because without that, the Cubs don't win the game.

Vinny Rotino 3:44

We have a nomination from our Twitch mob.

Marshall Harris 3:46

What you got?

Vinny Rotino 3:46

Hawk on Twitch. What's up, Hawk? Dansby saving the eighth. Yeah, the layout.

Marshall Harris 3:51

Oh, the dive? With sexy AF.

Mark Grody 3:54

It was sexy. Sexy baseball.

Vinny Rotino 3:56

Sexy baseball.

Mark Grody 3:57

I will also nominate. I was just telling Tyler back here. I'll nominate Alex Bregman popping out for an RBI because. Productive out, baby. Productive out. The guy's been getting on base. And then he had a day where he didn't get any hits after a little bit of a turnaround. So he still had something to show for it. That's got to be good for the mental stuff.