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Christopher Morel homers for the Tampa Bay Rays in return to Wrigley Field <\/p>\nPublished on: Sept 13, 2025 04:23 am IST <\/p>\n
Christopher Morel homers for the Tampa Bay Rays in return to Wrigley Field <\/p>\n
CHICAGO \u2014 Christopher Morel got a chance to catch up with some old friends on Friday. <\/p>\n
Christopher Morel homers for the Tampa Bay Rays in return to Wrigley Field <\/p>\n
He made quite the impression in his return to Wrigley Field. <\/p>\n
Morel hit a three-run homer for the Tampa Bay Rays in their 6-4 loss<\/a> to the Chicago Cubs. It was his first game against his former team. <\/p>\n \u201cIt feels very good. I’m very happy,\u201d Morel said through a translator when asked about the reception he got from his former teammates and the crowd. \u201cThis was the organization that gave me my first opportunity in the big leagues. So having the support of fans, it’s something that, it’s great. It was great having that adrenaline being here in Chicago.\u201d <\/p>\n Chandler Simpson hit a leadoff single and Yandy D\u00edaz walked before Morel batted in the first inning against Matthew Boyd. After hearing some cheers from the crowd of 38,794, he hit a towering drive<\/a> into the bleachers in left-center. <\/p>\n The 26-year-old Morel also homered in his first at-bat at Wrigley in his major league debut on May 17, 2022, against Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n \u201cI wasn’t even thinking about it,\u201d Morel said. \u201cYou know, again, all the glory to God because he’s the one who puts me in those positions so I can do that.\u201d <\/p>\n Morel’s 11th homer of the season provided a fast start for a Tampa Bay team on the fringe of the AL wild-card race. But that was his only hit of the afternoon as the Rays lost for the sixth time in seven games. <\/p>\n With his energetic style and enthusiastic smile, Morel quickly became a fan favorite in Chicago after his successful debut three years ago. He hit 16 homers in his first season and 26 more the following year, when he batted .247 with 70 RBIs. <\/p>\n But the free-swinging Morel struck out 270 times in 220 games in his first two seasons, and the Cubs shipped him off to Tampa Bay in the Isaac Paredes deal<\/a> in July 2024. <\/p>\n This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.<\/p>\n News<\/a> \/ Sports<\/a> \/ US Sports<\/a> \/ Christopher Morel homers for the Tampa Bay Rays in return to Wrigley Field <\/p>\n See Less <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on: Sept 13, 2025 04:23 am IST Christopher Morel homers for the Tampa Bay Rays in return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[5,24,891,1503,4,297,2550,68,2551,2549,738],"class_list":{"0":"post-311341","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-rays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago-cubs","10":"tag-christopher-morel","11":"tag-major-league-debut","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-rays","14":"tag-tampa-bay","15":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","16":"tag-tampabay","17":"tag-tampabayrays","18":"tag-wrigley-field"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115193882486121701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}