Pete Crow-Armstrong's 2nd 6 RBI game is one for the Cubs' history books

CINCINNATI (AP) — No matter where Craig Counsell puts Pete Crow-Armstrong in the Chicago Cubs lineup, the center fielder is producing at a record rate.

Crow-Armstrong's first career grand slam in the seventh inning of Friday night's 13-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds made him the first Cubs player since runs batted in became an official stat in 1920 to have two games with at least six RBIs in a calendar month.

The 23-year old outfielder — who batted cleanup on Friday night — drove in six runs from the leadoff spot in the Cubs’ 13-3 victory over the White Sox on May 16.

“It’s real cool. We always find a lot of interesting stats in this game I'm starting to see,” Crow-Armstrong said. “I’m very lucky to be able to move around throughout this lineup and have a lot of opportunities in front of me. I don't get that without my dudes on base.”

According to Sportradar, it is the 36th time a major-league player has had two six RBI games in a calendar month. The last player to do it before Crow-Armstrong was Derek Dietrich, who accomplished the feat in May 2019 for the Reds.

Crow-Armstrong had a two-run homer in the fourth inning. With the Cubs trailing 6-4 with two outs in the seventh inning, he connected on Tony Santillan's elevated slider, which hit off the right-field foul pole to put the Cubs on top for good.

It was his fourth career multi-homer game and second this season.

Crow-Armstrong looked like a golfer after hitting the pitch trying to will the ball to stay fair as it was hooking and then did an emphatic bat flip after it ricocheted off the pole. He celebrated while rounding the bases.

“I thought it was going foul, and then it didn’t,” he said. “I’ve learned that it is nice to be able to enjoy those moments. Getting to look in the dugout after that ball hits the foul pole is one of the more rewarding things as I go about my day. I think this is a sport where you should appreciate those moments, and we’ve had a lot of those this year, so it’s been nice to be able to to kind of cherish those.”

Crow-Armstrong is tied for seventh in the majors with 14 home runs. However, all of them have come in the last 34 games. He is the third Cub since 1901 to have at least 14 round trippers in that span, joining Sammy Sosa and Hank Sauer, who did it twice.

He's also third in the majors with 45 RBIs and tied for sixth with 14 stolen bases.

According to Elias, he is the third big-league player since 1920 with at least 14 homers, 14 steals and 45 RBIs through the first 51 games of a season. Eric Davis was the last to do it in 1987 with the Reds and Ken Williams the first with the 1922 St. Louis Browns.

“There’s no question that Pete’s kind of doing some things very uniquely right," Counsell said. “And he does some things that other guys can’t do. And that’s so much fun to watch. That’s why you hear people chant his name all the time. So we’re lucky to be able to watch something like this.”

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Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the fourth inning during a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong, center, celebrates with Seiya Suzuki, left, and outfielder Kyle Tucker, right, after hitting a grand slam to right field during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong watches hit grand slam to right field during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong reacts after hitting a grand slam to right field during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Paula Moltzan and Mikaela Shiffrin finished within striking distance of Swiss leader Camille Rast in the opening run of a women’s World Cup giant slalom on Saturday.

The Americans stood second and fourth, respectively, with 0.33 and 0.38 seconds to make up in the final leg. They were separated by Italian prodigy Lara Colturi, who competes for Albania and was one-hundredth ahead of Shiffrin in third.

Shiffrin holds the women’s record of 22 World Cup wins in the discipline. But with six weeks to go until the Feb. 15 giant slalom at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, the 2018 gold medalist has not been on a GS podium for 10 World Cup races since January 2024.

Shiffrin suffered from PTSD last season following a horrifying crash at her home race in Killington in November 2024 and has been working her way back up the GS rankings since her return more than two months later.

On Saturday, Shiffrin briefly celebrated with both arms in the air after she finished.

“Happy and satisfied are different, because I would like to be faster, but I'm taking steps and I feel very good with that,” Shiffrin told Austrian TV when asked whether she was 100% happy with her first run.

“Last year, I remember watching this race from home and I thought, ‘Oh, I can’t do that.' So, it's pretty incredible to be here one year later and to be in the mix with the fastest women right now.”

Rast, who is the world champion in slalom, gained her advantage on the upper part of the Podkoren 3 course, posting the fastest times in the first two sections.

The Swiss racer finished second in a GS in Austria last week for her best career result in the discipline. Her two wins both came in slalom, most recently in January 2025.

Moltzan raced with a bruised back following a nasty crash in last week’s GS. Her career best result in the discipline is a second place, from the season-opening race in October.

Nina O’Brien in seventh added to a strong showing by the U.S. ski team.

Discipline leader Julia Scheib, who has won three races this season, was fifth. The Austrian will keep the red bib no matter the outcome of the second run, as her closest challenger, New Zealand’s Alice Robinson, skied out for second straight race, this time on a course set by her coach Nils Coberger.

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Austria's Julia Scheib speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

United States' Paula Moltzan speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Switzerland's Camille Rast speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)