The picture of blood dripping close to the correct eyebrow of Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson on Monday night time invoked the play-through-anything repute he has developed throughout his profession.
This isn’t the primary time Swanson’s helmet lower him. This time, as he slid headfirst into second base for a one-out double within the third inning of the Cubs’ 5-1 win versus the Washington Nationals, the helmet popped off and have become pinned in opposition to second baseman Luis Garcia’s leg, reducing Swanson as Garcia turned to use the tag.
It prompted a quick delay as supervisor David Ross utilized strain to the small gash to cease the bleeding whereas a Cubs coach placed on medical gloves to bandage the spot.
“I guess I can add that to my resume,” Ross quipped.
Swanson joked with Ross that he had been watching an excessive amount of Stanley Cup playoff hockey currently.
“I’m 0-for-3 in terms of wins against a helmet,” Swanson mentioned. “So unfortunately this is nothing new. As soon as I felt it, I knew I was going to start bleeding.”
The unfortunate sequence would possibly require gluing the lower to keep away from one other bloody scene, however in any other case it isn’t bothersome. Swanson hit a two-run homer in his subsequent at-bat within the fifth to increase the Cubs lead and provides starter Drew Smyly extra wiggle room. The lefty didn’t want it, holding the Nationals to at least one run in seven innings.
The offense obtained to Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore early behind Seiya Suzuki’s RBI single and Trey Mancini’s RBI double within the first, each coming with two outs.
The victory shortly moved the Cubs (15-13) previous their three-game sweep in Miami. They have scored no less than one run in every of their first 28 video games, solely the sixth time they’ve executed that within the enlargement period (since 1961).
“The Miami series you’ve got to toss out because we didn’t play our best,” Swanson mentioned. “It’s really good to have the ability to say, let’s go away that behind, simply exit right here and play our recreation, play constantly. Just sort of getting again to doing what we’re doing.
“Kind of a perfect reset day — it’s May 1. It’s time to move on and put our best foot forward.”
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