srvivor. laura ingraham is apologizing, but the student is still not satisfied. good morning. welcome to early start. i m dave briggs. i m michelle kosinski. it is 3is 5:00 a.m. in the east. he may have been a lower level aide in the campaign, but rick gates is looking at potential conclusion with the russians. details emerging how the special counsel s team pushed for gates help to make the collusion case. mueller s team claims he was in contact during the campaign with someone in the russian intelligence agency. the investigation has been focused since the president took office. it appears collusion remains a focal point of the russia probe. we get more from evan perez in washington. reporter: dave and michelle, the special counsel prosecutors told rick gates they did not need paul manafort. his former business partner and campaign chairman. instead, we are told, they wanted him to provide information on trump campaign contact was russians. that is the mission o
Pete Crow-Armstrong tripled in the eighth inning on May 15 at Atlanta. Three innings earlier, in his previous trip to the plate, he had singled.
That is notable, but not exactly uncommon. Nico.
Pete Crow-Armstrong has hit 1 big league home run while playing 17 games.
Ernie Banks hit 512 homers in his 2,528 games.
But PCA and "Mr. Cub" are tied in another batting category: each made 1.
Ian Happ was hit by a pitch thrown by Bryan Abreu of the Astros in the seventh inning Wednesday afternoon. It was the 5th time a Cub was plunked at home this season and the 2,000th in the team's.