The Cubs did something in their loss to St. Louis last Tuesday that they had done only 7 times in the previous 24 seasons:
Surrender multiple bases-loaded walks in an inning, by different.
Walter Johnson started 666 games during his 21-season career. He completed shutouts in nearly 1 of every 6, not allowing a run 110 times.
19 other pitchers recorded at least 50 shutouts, from.
"What followed was something I don’t think I’ve seen before," Al Yellon wrote in his recap of the Cubs' 6-3 win on Monday.
"If that’s happened before, it’s got to be pretty rare a.
When Cubs only hits were home runs By JohnW53 on May 22, 2021, 8:29am CDT +
As you might imagine, it s a pretty short list.
In fact, since 1901, the Cubs have won exactly
1 game with multiple homers and no other hits.
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JUST GETTING STARTED
It happened on April 14, 1985, when the Cubs defeated the Expos, 4-2, in just their fifth game of the season, on a Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs scored a run without a hit in the first inning. Bob Dernier, leading off against David Palmer, reached first on a dropped third strike. One out later, he stole second. After Gary Matthews walked, Leon Durham grounded to the right side. The second baseman threw to the shortstop, forcing out Matthews, but the shortstop s throw to first was wild, allowing Dernier to score.