Second of 3 posts about notable season-ending games that the Cubs have played during their long history.
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THWARTING THE CARDINALS
Sept. 29, 1946 at St. Louis
The Cardinals took a half.
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.
Previous posts documented the Cubs' wins and losses in games that ended with:
1. A strikeout/throwout doubleplay
2. A runner attempting a straight steal
3. A pickoff
Today's topic: wins that.
The Cubs have played 112 games this year, meaning they have exactly 50 left to play.
They have just 1 walk-off win, on Christopher Morel's 10th-inning sacrifice fly that beat the Brewers, 4-3, on.
Only 1 Major League pitcher who threw a no-hitter threw another in his next start.
You may know his name, Johnny Vander Meer, and his teams, the Reds.
You may even know that he did it in 1938.
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