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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.
On April 18, at Oakland, Michael Rucker issued a 1-out walk in the ninth inning.
On the next pitch, Tony Kemp hit a ground ball to second baseman Nico Hoerner, who threw the ball to shortstop.
Cito Gaston turns 79 today.
Cito, the player, came up through the Atlanta Braves system and was a September call-up in 1967, sharing the outfield with Hank Aaron.
In 1968, the Padres picked him in.