Third in a series of posts about the Cubs' longest streaks of hitting a home run in consecutive games.
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The previous posts described the evolution of the team-record streak for hitting.
A previous post, prompted by an untimely error by Ian Happ, examined fly balls dropped by Cubs in the outfield.
Prominent in that post was an account of the ball muffed by Brant Brown at Milwaukee.
June 25 was the 105th anniversary of a peculiar achievement.
On that Thursday afternoon, the Cubs demolished the Cardinals, 14-0, to the delight of 3,000 fans at Weeghman Park, today's Wrigley.
Nick Madrigal drew a walk as the first batter last Friday night at San Francisco.
With 1 out and a 3-ball count on Seiya Suzuki, Madrigal tried to steal.
The catcher threw down to second, where a.