Alex Bregman turned Wednesday night into a personal highlight reel, going deep three times against the Nationals and driving in 7 runs in a Cubs win. It's the kind of stat line that ends up in the record books, and Barstool's baseball accounts were on it in real time.
Bregman rounds the bases on his 16th home run of the season as the Cubs pull away from Washington, 12-5 in the 8th inning.
That homer was his third of the night, a 394-foot shot that had teammates waiting at the plate to mob him. According to NBC Chicago, the three-run blast in the eighth capped off a 3-for-3 night with 2 walks and 7 RBIs — the kind of line that makes a guy a Cubs legend for a week.
A second angle of the barrage, with the on-screen graphic confirming Bregman's 16th homer of the season and the Cubs' 12-5 lead.
The history attached to the night is real, too. Bregman became the first player in Cubs franchise history to hit three home runs and draw multiple walks in the same game — a feat only 20 MLB players have pulled off since 1900. He also joined Dansby Swanson, who did it in July, making the Cubs just the third team since 1920 with two different players posting a 3-HR, 7-RBI game in the same season. The Yankees are the only other club to do it, and they've done it twice.
It's a big return on investment for a guy the Cubs handed a 5-year, $175 million deal to back in January, luring him away from free agency with a club-record $35 million average annual value. Chicago has leaned on Bregman as a steadying veteran presence in a lineup chasing a division title, and nights like this are exactly why they wrote the check.
Barstool Chicago summed up the stakes in two lines: 3 homers from the No. 3 hitter, and 3 games back in the division race. That's the real headline here — this isn't just a highlight, it's a statement in the middle of a playoff push.
The Cubs have now won 9 straight road series, and Bregman's outburst is the loudest example yet of a lineup finding its rhythm at the right time. With Chicago still chasing ground in the standings, a night like this is more than a box score — it's momentum.