The Chicago Cubs and the Houston Astros were tied at one in the bottom of the sixth when the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2019 All-World Team outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong stepped to the box in the bottom of the sixth. Crow-Armstrong was batting eighth and had already struck out twice in the game.
With a runner at second, the left-hander was all over the first pitch he saw from reliever Bryan Abreu. His two-run homer proved the game-winner. It was Crow-Armstrong's first MLB hit.
Crow-Armstrong recorded two hits and two runs batted in (RBIs) the following day in a 7-1 win in Boston against the Red Sox, one of the Cubs' five hits as the Red Sox outscored Chicago 17-0 on 27 April and one in a 5-4 extra-inning loss against Boston on 28 April. His streak came to an end when he went 0-for-3 against the New York Mets on 29 April. The Cubs won 3-1 and now lead the National League Central Division with an 18-11 record.
Crow-Armstrong, the son of actors Matthew John Armstrong and Ashley Crow, played at the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California, when he starred for the United States at the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2019.
The New York Mets selected him as the No. 19 overall pick of the 2020 MLB draft. On June 25, he signed for a US$3.4 million bonus.
After his 2021 season was cut short by shoulder surgery, the Mets traded Crow-Armstrong to the Chicago Cubs.
In 2022 the left-hander played the All-Star Future Games and was named one of three best defensive outfielder in Minor League Baseball (MiLB).
After hitting 14 home runs at the Triple-A level, Crow-Armstrong made his MLB debut on 11 September 2023. In his first MLB season, he went hitless through 14 plate appearances in 13 games.
