Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning and Kyle Tucker also went deep, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Friday.

A successful playoff run requires Crow-Armstrong and Tucker to snap out of funks. Friday could've been the start of that.

Kyle Tucker drills his second homer of the game to right field, plating three runs and extending the Cubs' lead to 10 runs in the top of the 6th inning

When the Chicago Cubs announced that Pete Crow-Armstrong was going to take over as the everyday center fielder in 2025, there was plenty of excitement about what the former top prospect could do. But no one envisioned he would perform in the manner he did in the first half of the season.