Tauchman's giant leap saves Cubs' seventh straight victory in St. Louis. McGrawDHSports Cubs
Mike Tauchman will be the talk of the NL Central for the next few days after he reached over the wall and rescued the Cubs seventh-straight win.
When Tauchman hit the ground, he let out a scream as the rest of the Cubs rushed out to center field to celebrate. The Palatine native was doused with at least three water buckets during his postgame interview. An equipment manager probably should have grabbed Tauchman's glove and put it in a dry, safe place before the deluge hit, but it does have time to dry.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service "Most warning tracks are around 2 ½ to 3 steps and then a jump. It's kind of like you have that internal clock or feeling of, 'I've kind of got to go up now' and it kind of just coincided with the ball coming down. I didn't know I was right at the wall until I kind of turned to catch the ball. Just happy to make a play for the team in that spot.
"Baseball instincts are really important and he's got a high baseball IQ. I'm glad we made the switch late. That was amazing."
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