Pete Crow-Armstrong started off the Chicago Cubs' Fourth of July game against the St. Louis Cardinals with fireworks, quickly demonstrating why it was an easy decision for him to be named a National League All-Star starter.

He’d allow just one more hit the rest of the evening as he showed the type of poise that makes him so essential to the Cubs’ success. “That’s pitching,” Counsell said. “Great starters make adjustments in the game.

Pete Crow-Armstrong hits a pair of solo home runs on his way to four hits and flashed the leather with a diving catch in the Cubs' 11-1 win