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Spoiler Alert!
The Cubs haven't often played the role of spoiler in a pennant race.
I wrote recently about the 1946 season, in which the third-place Cubs won 2 of 3 games at St. Louis on the.
Previous anniversaries of Cubs first league game By JohnW53 on May 7, 2021, 4:43am CDT +
The Cubs are scheduled to host the Pirates today, May 7 the
150th anniversary of their first league game, also played at home: their National Association debut, a victory over the Cleveland Forest Citys.
After 3 innings at the Union Grounds, the White Stockings, as they were known then, led, 14-1. But they barely hung on to win, 14-12.
I described that game in detail in a previous post.
Then I wondered how the Cubs had fared on other significant anniversaries of that historic win.
Here is what I found:
Until a video review overturned the umpire's call of safe, Tony Wolters appeared on Sunday to have become the first Cubs catcher to steal home in nearly 55 years.
It would have been only the Cubs'.
When Cubs made MOST hits in first 7 games By JohnW53 on Apr 9, 2021, 7:11am CDT +
32, in their first 7 games of any season of the Modern Era.
Their previous low was
But they have a better record than in the season in which they made the
MOST hit in their first 7 games!
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OPENING DAY HIT PARADE
The Cubs began the 1954 season on Tuesday, April 13, at St. Louis. They spotted the Cardinals a first-inning run, they tallied 2 each in the second and third, followed by 6 in the sixth. The final score was 13-4.
Dee Fondy and Clyde McCullough each had 4 hits for the Cubs, combining for half their total of 16. Six went for extra bases, including homers by McCullough, Gene Baker and pitcher Paul Minner.