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.
Photo courtesy of Anne Cotter
As a young man, Peter O’Brien left his home in Northern Ireland to work at the shipyards in the Channel Islands. There, Irish and Scottish workers spun tales of America as a land of opportunity, a place where “everyone had cars.” Mr. O’Brien eagerly accepted driving lessons on his days off, hoping to soon be driving in a new country.
After immigrating to the U.S.
in the 1950s,
Mr O’Brien would later marry and go on to teach his children, grandchildren and dozens of Irish immigrants how to drive, giving them a sense of freedom in their new country.