Third and last in a series of posts
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On Sept. 19, 1950, Frank Hiller of the Cubs became the 33rd pitcher to face the minimum of 27 batters in a 9-inning complete game without pitching a.
When a baseball fan hears the term "cycle," he thinks first of a batter who makes at least 1 of each kind of hit single, double, triple and home run in the same.
It has been done 339 times.
A previous post examined Cubs who drove home the team's only 2 runs in wins.
Today's topic: those who drove home all 3 runs in wins.
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As you might expect, there have been significantly fewer.
When the Cubs won at Miami, 2-1, on Tuesday, David Bote delivered both runs, with a seventh-inning solo homer and an eighth-inning sacrifice fly.
Since 1901, only one previous Cub had homered and.
A series of previous posts documented unusual game-ending plays involving the Cubs, including by outfielders, pitchers and catchers.
This final entry looks at rare plays by infielders.
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