From Fred Pfeffer's 3-run blast against Detroit in 1884, through Gabby Hartnett's solo "Homer in the Gloamin' " against the Pirates in 1938, to Jason Heyward's drive with 2 aboard against the Reds.
Last Friday, at Philadelphia, Nelson Velazquez became just the second Cub ever to hit 2 home runs in a game he did not start.
The first was Thad Bosley, at home against the Expos, on Aug. 12,.
The Cubs have been no-hit once in their last 8,953 games, through yesterday.
They have been held hitless only 7 times in their long history, tied with the Yankees for fewest among teams that.
Michael Chavis of the Pirates defeated the Cubs almost singlehandedly on Thursday.
He homered to center field leading off the eighth inning, tying the score at 7, then blooped a single to right in.
A batter who has been hit by a pitch takes extra joy in later slugging a home run especially in his very next trip to the plate.
How often have Cubs batters enjoyed such immediate revenge?
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