Pete Crow-Armstrong turned a wild crosstown rivalry game into a personal highlight reel Monday night, hitting a leadoff home run in the first inning and then a two-run, walk-off blast in the 10th to lift the Chicago Cubs past the Chicago White Sox, 7-5, at Wrigley Field.

The walk-off — his 30th home run of the season, following his 29th in the leadoff spot earlier in the game — also clinched Crow-Armstrong's second consecutive 30-30 season (30-plus home runs, 30-plus stolen bases), the first time any Cubs player has done that in back-to-back years, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The feat also made him just the seventh player in MLB history to hit both a leadoff and a walk-off home run in the same game — the last player to do it was Chris Young in 2010, per theScore.

A back-and-forth crosstown classic

The game swung several times before Crow-Armstrong's heroics. He and Seiya Suzuki hit back-to-back homers in the first to put the Cubs up 2-0, before Randal Grichuk's three-run shot flipped the lead to the White Sox in the fourth. Chicago (NL) retook the lead in the fifth on a throwing error, only for pinch-hitter Andrew Benintendi to put the White Sox back on top with a homer in the eighth. Nico Hoerner tied it with an RBI single in the ninth, setting the stage for Crow-Armstrong's walk-off off White Sox rookie reliever Hagen Smith in the 10th.

IT'S REALLY FRICKIN' COOL THAT WE GET TO PUT THAT PRODUCT ON THE FIELD TOGETHER

Crow-Armstrong, reflecting on the crosstown rivalry after the game, called it special to share the spotlight with the White Sox in front of the home crowd. Cubs manager Craig Counsell praised the moment: "This is what great players do... It's a great-player moment." Winning pitcher Jacob Webb was blunter about his teammate's value: "Pete's my MVP." Starter Shota Imanaga, who struck out 10, added: "I don't think I've ever met a player like that... he always surpasses it."

The win keeps the Cubs rolling as they push for playoff positioning down the stretch, with Crow-Armstrong now firmly established as one of the sport's most electric young talents — a burgeoning face-of-the-franchise reputation that's likely to keep growing as the calendar turns toward September.