Last Friday, at Philadelphia, Nelson Velazquez became just the second Cub ever to hit 2 home runs in a game he did not start.
The first was Thad Bosley, at home against the Expos, on Aug. 12,.
We interrupt the series of posts about Cubs on their birthdays for this breaking post. The birthday series will resume tomorrow.
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You may have read that the Cubs' loss to the Dodgers on.
Michael Chavis of the Pirates defeated the Cubs almost singlehandedly on Thursday.
He homered to center field leading off the eighth inning, tying the score at 7, then blooped a single to right in.
Back-to-back home runs are relatively rare.
The Cubs have played 21,809 regular-season games since 1876, first year of the National League.
They have hit back-to-back homers 363 times, including.