WATCH: It's 'Happ'ening! Ian Happ smacks game-tying home run

by Cole Little - Senior Writer - Monday, August 17, 2020, 6:26 PM

Ian Happ's fourth dinger of the season evened the score against the Cardinals.

CHICAGO — Tying the score at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth, Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ slugged his fourth home run of the season in the opener of Monday's doubleheader at Wrigley Field. Happ took St. Louis Cardinals hurler Kwang-Hyun Kim deep for a leadoff blast in the bottom of the fourth.

The 373-foot solo bomb to left came on an 88-mph four-seamer. Kim departed the game soon afterward. Happ has hit the ball well as of late. His dinger on Monday left the bat at an exit velocity 91 mph and a launch angle of 31 degrees.

Yup!@BinnysBev pic.twitter.com/J4IAD5SPaE
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 17, 2020

Look what we HAPPened to find #OverTheIvy pic.twitter.com/runDq0m80C
— Cubs Authentics (@CubsAuthentics) August 17, 2020

#STLCards 1 @ #Cubs 1 [B4-0o]:

Ian Happ homers (4): fly ball to LCF (solo)

Hit: 373ft, 91mph, 31°

Pitch: 88.5mph Four-Seam Fastball (LHP Kwang Hyun Kim, 1)
— Home Run Tracker (@DingerTracker) August 17, 2020

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