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Wednesday notes.
HITTING MACHINES: Including 13 hits last night, the Cubs have recorded 10 or more hits in four-straight games. The last time they did so in five consecutive games was August 4-8, 2019 against the Brewers, Athletics and Reds.
SOLID RELIEF: The Cubs bullpen has thrown nine scoreless innings in the team’s last three games and has not allowed an earned run in eight of the last nine games since May 8, posting a 1.29 ERA (five earned runs in 35 innings) with a .429 opponent OPS in that stretch.
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Kazuma Okamoto returns to the Yomiuri dugout after hitting a home run against the Tigers during the fourth inning on Wednesday. | KYODO
KYODO Apr 22, 2021
Kazuma Okamoto hit a pair of solo home runs to help lift the Yomiuri Giants to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers, whose winning streak was snapped at eight games on Wednesday.
Trailing 2-0 in the second, Okamoto, last year’s CL home run leader, opened the second inning against side-armer Koyo Aoyagi (2-1) with his second home run of the season. His third homer, with one out in the fourth, tied it 2-2.
Cubs oldest, youngest debuts by pitchers By JohnW53 on Apr 6, 2021, 7:19am CDT +
Many baseball fans know that Satchel Paige was the oldest pitcher to make his Major League debut.
Paige is listed as having been 2 days past his 42nd birthday but almost certainly was older when he threw 2 innings for the Indians against the Browns on July 9, 1948.
He was
59 plus 80 days when he concluded his MLB career with 3 scoreless innings for the Athletics against the Red Sox on Sept. 25, 1965.
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Many fans also know that Joe Nuxhall was the youngest pitcher and youngest player, period.
The left hander is the only man whose debut came before his 16th birthday. He was
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CHICAGO The flags that fly atop the foul poles at Wrigley Field feature the most recognizable numbers in Cubs history digits no player will don again on the North Side.
There is No. 10 for Ron Santo and No. 14 for Ernie Banks. Ryne Sandberg s No. 23 ripples in the Lake Michigan breeze, along with No. 26 for Billy Williams and No. 31 for both Fergie Jenkins and Greg Maddux. They took those numbers to great heights, but what about the other numbers worn throughout the Cubs long history?
What follows are our picks for the most notable player to wear each jersey number in team history. Maybe he was the most famous, the best or simply the most memorable. In some cases, there was a long list to choose from, and it was a difficult task. In others, the choice was obvious. And in a few situations, only a handful of players (or perhaps just one) wore the number on his back.