A previous post examined Cubs who drove home the team's only 2 runs in wins.
Today's topic: those who drove home all 3 runs in wins.
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As you might expect, there have been significantly fewer.
A triple is by far the rarest hit in Major League Baseball.
This season, according to data at baseball-reference.com, there have been 0.13 triples per team per game.
For comparison, there have.
Previous posts documented the Cubs' wins and losses in games that ended with:
1. A strikeout/throwout doubleplay
2. A runner attempting a straight steal
3. A pickoff
Today's topic: wins that.
After perusing my recent post about games that the Cubs won a strikeout/throwout doubleplay, constant reader Ernaga commented, in part, "how many Cubs losses have ended either by a pick-off at.
The temperature in St. Louis reached 97 degrees and felt like 106 during the Cubs-Cardinals game Saturday afternoon.
That sent me searching for the hottest weather in which the Cubs ever played.
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