Pete Crow-Armstrong needed to put an awful August in his rearview mirror, and he came up with an interesting tactic to accomplish that.

On Monday, the Chicago Cubs trailed the Atlanta Braves 6-2 in the bottom of the sixth, and Crow-Armstrong came to the plate with two outs and a runner on first. And after getting into an 0-2 hole, the 23-year-old speedster did something totally unexpected: He bunted.

Crow-Armstrong laid down a beauty, completely catching the defense off guard. Third baseman Austin Riley just watched as the ball died on the lip between grass and dirt in front of his third base position. The next batter, Dansby Swanson, doubled down the left field line.

The Cubs were able to finish off the comeback from there, thanks to a game-tying home run and walk-off single from catch

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