WATCH: Javier Baez crushes go-ahead 2-run dinger

Javier Baez tallied his 26th home run of the season with a 376-foot 2-run shot hit out to left field.

by Cole Little - Senior Writer - Friday, August 2, 2019, 3:41 PM

CHICAGO — Making perfect contact on a two-seamer thrown by Milwaukee Brewers starter Zach Davies, Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Baez swatted a 2-run home run into the left-field seats at Wrigley Field on Friday. The third-inning jack put the Cubs up 3-0 over the Brewers at Wrigley Field.

Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant led off the bottom of the third with a single, and he was plated on Baez's 376-footer, which was scorched off the bat at 104 miles per hour. The go-ahead dinger marked Baez's 26th long ball of the season and increased his 2019 RBI total to 71.

Javy came through.#EverybodyIn pic.twitter.com/h68a0RQqZD
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 2, 2019

I’d say this guy is happy to be home????@javy23baez already 2for2, dbl & 2run HR. His 26th long ball if the year puts the #Cubs back in front of the Brewers 3-1 in the 3rd on @NBCSChicago pic.twitter.com/DjbwxIpv6n
— Kelly Crull (@Kelly_Crull) August 2, 2019