Unlikely Hero

Say hello to the little known Colorado Rockie who delivered the game-winning hit in Tuesday night's Wild Card playoff win over the Cubs. Backup catcher Tony Wolters doesn't put up the numbers that make you recognize his teammates such as Nolan Arenado, Charlie Blackmon and Trevor Story. Yet in baseball, the last guy off the bench will get a chance to make a difference -- and that's exactly what happened last night at Wrigley Field.
Wolters' two-out single in the top of the 13th drove in Story to push the Rockies past the Cubs 2-1.
That ends quite a 72 hours for Colorado's club -- who wrapped a three-day trek with three games in three different time zones, with a victory that sends them to another destination on Thursday: Milwaukee, where they'll visit the Brewers as the NL Division Series gets underway.
(My image of Wolters -- in the dugout, of course -- is from the Rockies/Mets game at Citi Field on July 16th, 2017)

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