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Post by addisondad on May 5, 2021 12:37:44 GMT -5
May 5th 2019 Cubs win their 7th in a row and sweep the Cardinals in a 3 game series winning 13-5 at Wrigley Field. KB hits a grand slam and Rizz and Bote each knock in a couple runs in the victory.
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Post by lajoiesghost on May 5, 2021 14:08:43 GMT -5
I miss the old Mel Allen "This Week in Baseball" show on Saturday. This thread kind of reminds me of that show.
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Post by Reverency on May 5, 2021 17:54:05 GMT -5
From Fansider: And in other Cinco de Mayo Cubs news, in 1938 the "Cubs demolish the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field. Cubs’ offensive power helps them score 12 runs in the eighth inning alone, defeating the Phillies 21-2. Center fielder Joe Marty had himself a game with four hits, four runs scored and four RBI. Leadoff hitter Stan Hack had a trio of hits, which included a double and a triple, while scoring a pair of runs and driving in two. Right-hander Al Epperly pitched a complete game to earn the victory. Eight years later, we see the Cubs and Phillies meet up again at Wrigley in a 1946 regular season contest. This time the Cubs offense plates 11 runs in the seventh inning. Pitching for the Cubs was Hank Borowy, who pitched a complete game, also driving in four runs with two doubles in the inning. Andy Pafko homers later in the game, giving the Cubs a 13-1 victory over the Phillies." Cubs and Phillies have certainly had some slug fests over the years! I have to look up this Borowy guy! cubbiescrib.com/2020/05/05/chicago-cubs-top-cinco-de-mayo-moments/
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Post by jpepitone on May 5, 2021 18:08:18 GMT -5
I looked up Hank Borowy. Had a decent career although somewhat short-lived, winning 17 for the Yankees in ‘44 and combining for 21 wins with Yankees and Cubs in ‘45. Was also the NL ERA champ that year. Ol’ Hank must have been somewhat of a “junk-baller” though, as he struck out virtually nobody!
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Post by lu13cubbie on May 5, 2021 18:33:45 GMT -5
From Fansider: And in other Cinco de Mayo Cubs news, in 1938 the "Cubs demolish the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field. Cubs’ offensive power helps them score 12 runs in the eighth inning alone, defeating the Phillies 21-2. Center fielder Joe Marty had himself a game with four hits, four runs scored and four RBI. Leadoff hitter Stan Hack had a trio of hits, which included a double and a triple, while scoring a pair of runs and driving in two. Right-hander Al Epperly pitched a complete game to earn the victory. Eight years later, we see the Cubs and Phillies meet up again at Wrigley in a 1946 regular season contest. This time the Cubs offense plates 11 runs in the seventh inning. Pitching for the Cubs was Hank Borowy, who pitched a complete game, also driving in four runs with two doubles in the inning. Andy Pafko homers later in the game, giving the Cubs a 13-1 victory over the Phillies." Cubs and Phillies have certainly had some slug fests over the years! I have to look up this Borowy guy! cubbiescrib.com/2020/05/05/chicago-cubs-top-cinco-de-mayo-moments/Handy Andy Pafko!! Read his autobioghraphy a few years ago. Good Cub
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Post by Clark Street on May 5, 2021 20:08:50 GMT -5
May 5th1955 In his first major league start, Dodger rookie starter Tommy Lasorda ties a record, throwing three wild pitches in the first inning of the team's 4-3 victory over St. Louis at Ebbets Field. During his one inning of work, the future Dodgers' Hall of Fame skipper will be spiked by Wally Moon, covering a play at home plate after uncorking one of his errant pitches. Tommy once lied to me about the Dodgers being the only employer he ever had. I later learned that he briefly pitched for the Kansas City Athletics. RIP Tommy, I forgive you.
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Post by trav768 on May 5, 2021 23:59:02 GMT -5
May 6
1903. The White Stockings win the Southside Park contest, 10-9, with more errors (12) than hits (10), beating the Tigers in Southside Park contest, 10-9. Chicago’s dozen miscues tie the major league mark accomplished by the Tiger in 1901, and the teams combine to establish a new record with a total of 18 errors, the most ever committed in a big-league game.
1906 At Pittsburgh's Exposition Park, the Pirates become the first team to cover the grass to prevent it from getting wet during a rainstorm. A canvas tarp keeps the infield dry for tomorrow's contest against the Cubs.
1915 At the Polo Grounds, Red Sox rookie pitcher Babe Ruth collects three hits, including his first home run. Homer number one, as well as homer number two, hit two weeks later, comes off Yankees' hurler Jack 'Crab' Warhop.
1998 Cubs rookie Kerry Wood ties a major league record when he strikes out 20 batters in nine innings, limiting the Astros to one hit in the team's 2-0 at Wrigley Field. In addition to matching Red Sox fireballer Roger Clemens' feat (Mariners-1986 and Tigers-1996), the 20 year-old Texan breaks the National League record of 19 strikeouts in a nine-inning game shared by Steve Carlton, David Cone, and Tom Seaver.
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Post by addisondad on May 6, 2021 18:59:40 GMT -5
May 6 1992 Cubs defeat the Astros 8-4. Ryne Sandberg hit 2 home runs and drives in 4 runs.
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Post by lajoiesghost on May 7, 2021 9:58:54 GMT -5
Outside of the daily game thread when I can't watch it on tv, this one is destined to be my go-to thread this summer. Good idea starting this, Trav.
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Post by trav768 on May 7, 2021 14:49:55 GMT -5
May 7th
1917 Red Sox left-hander Babe Ruth outduels Walter Johnson in the team's 1-0 victory over the Senators at Griffith Stadium. The game's lone run scores on an eighth-inning sacrifice fly hit by the Boston southpaw, who will turn out to be a fairly good hitter.
1922 Walter Mueller becomes the first player to drive in five runs in his major league debut. The 27 year-old rookie outfielder's offensive output, which includes a double and home run, helps the Pirates beat Chicago at Cubs Park, 11-5.
1957 Vic Power becomes the first modern major leaguer to hit both a leadoff and walk-off home run in the same game. The A's first baseman, who went deep off Hal Brown leading off the contest, ends the tilt in the 10th frame with a round-tripper off the right-hander, giving Kansas City a 3-2 victory over Baltimore.
1959 In an exhibition game played at the Los Angeles Coliseum to benefit Roy Campanella, paralyzed in an auto accident before the team moved to the West Coast in 1958, the Yankees defeat the Dodgers, 6-2. The game, which draws the largest crowd ever for a baseball game, begins when 93,103 fans witness Pee Wee Reese pushing the wheel-chair bound catcher into the darkened stadium filled with light by fans holding candles or matches to start the emotional ceremony.
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Post by addisondad on May 7, 2021 14:57:35 GMT -5
May 7 2010 In his MLB debut Starlin Castro drives in 6 runs. He helps the Cubs beat the Reds 14 to 5. Mike Fontenot hits a grand slam.
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Post by addisondad on May 8, 2021 0:22:29 GMT -5
Outside of the daily game thread when I can't watch it on tv, this one is destined to be my go-to thread this summer. Good idea starting this, Trav. I agree. Trav, along with skokiejoe, among others, do great things for this forum. This was a great idea.
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Post by trav768 on May 8, 2021 10:04:57 GMT -5
May 8th
1878 Paul Hines becomes the first player to execute an unassisted triple play after making a shoestring catch in left-center field and stepping on third, retiring both runners who had passed the base. The runners were out due to the rules used at the time.
1948 The Senators snap a 36-inning scoreless streak, tallying a run in the final frame of their 6-1 loss to Cleveland at Griffith Stadium. Washington avoids being shut out for the fourth consecutive game when Tribe starter Gene Bearden issues four walks to force in a run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
1966 Orioles' outfielder Frank Robinson becomes the first (and only) player to hit a home run entirely out of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. The 451-foot wind-assisted blast, which clears the fifty rows of the left-field seats near the foul pole, before rolling to a stop 540 feet from home plate, comes off a fastball thrown by Indians' starter Luis Tiant who hadn't given up an earned run on the season.
1968 Catfish Hunter hurls the first American League perfect game in forty-six years when the A's defeat the usually heavy-hitting Twins, 4-0, in front of only 6,298 Oakland fans. The last Junior Circuit hurler to retire 27 consecutive batters in a regular-season game was White Sox right-hander Charlie Robertson, who accomplished the feat against Detroit in 1922.
1971 Willie Mays (634) and Hank Aaron (604) both hit round-trippers in the Braves' 5-2 victory over the Giants at Candlestick Park. It is the first time in baseball history two players with 600 career homers go deep in the same game.
1973 After the ejection of Whitey Lockman in the 11th inning of a Jack Murphy Stadium contest place, Ernie Banks fills in for the departed Cubs' skipper in the team's 3-2 overtime victory over the Padres. The Chicago coach technically becomes the first black to manage a major league team.
1984 The White Sox and Brewers begin the lengthiest game in major league history, needing 8 hours and 6 minutes to complete the Comiskey Park contest. The 25-inning marathon, suspended after the 17th frame, ends tomorrow with the White Sox winning, 7-6, on a Harold Baines walk-off homer off Chuck Porter.
2016 Bryce Harper reaches base seven times without recording an official at-bat due to being hit by a pitch and receiving six free passes. In the Nationals' 4-3 extra-inning loss at Wrigley Field, Cub hurlers throw 27 pitches, 25 of which are out of the strike zone, to the 23-year-old reigning MVP. Baez hits game winning homerun in 13 inning
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Post by trav768 on May 8, 2021 18:09:34 GMT -5
also May 8th
1871 the Chicago Cubs - then the Chicago White Stockings - played their first professional baseball game, beating the Cleveland Forest City 14-12.
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Post by foolforthecity on May 8, 2021 22:53:34 GMT -5
IT'S A LONG STORY
1984: Ernie Banks was fond of saying, “Let’s Play Two!” but even he couldn’t have bargained for what the Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers labored through. The teams played 34 innings in two days. Following the conclusion of an eight-hour, six-minute, 25-inning marathon from the night before, the teams played a nine-inning game.
The victor of both games?
Legendary pitcher Tom Seaver.
"If you're going to play them that long, you might as well win them," Seaver said afterward.
After pitching the final inning of the first game, Seaver again worked the Brewers over, allowing just three hits — two home runs, though — in 8 1/3 innings in a 5-4 win.
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Post by foolforthecity on May 8, 2021 22:54:23 GMT -5
Sorry, above story is May 9th.
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Post by Reverency on May 9, 2021 13:00:49 GMT -5
May 9 in Cubs History:
1993 Mark Grace hits for the cycle in a Cubs loss to the Padres at Wrigley 5-4. This is the most recent Cub to hit for the cycle, so I'd say we're 18 years overdue!!
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Post by trav768 on May 9, 2021 20:03:34 GMT -5
May 9th
1916 Thirty walks are allowed at Philadelphia as Detroit overwhelms the A’s, 16 – 2. Tiger rookie George Cunningham is lifted with one out in the 3rd inning after walking six batters. He is given the win, but leaves with a no-hitter and leading 9 – 0. Eighteen of the walks are issued by the A’s – 12 by reliever Carl Ray – on their way to a season total of 715. Not until 1938 will a team (the St. Louis Browns with 737) top that. Detroit will add another 11 walks against the A’s tomorrow for a two-game major-league record of 29.
1943 Due to the poor grade of rubber cement used to make baseballs because of wartime rubber shortages, a different type of baseball is put into play today with dramatic results. In eight games, six home runs are hit compared to a total of nine homers tallied in the season’s first 72 games.
1963 Ernie Banks becomes the first National League first baseman to register 22 putouts (and 23 chances) in a game, as the Cubs beat Pittsburgh, 3 – 1, on Dick Ellsworth’s two-hitter. Singles in the 2nd and 9th are the only Buc safeties, as they pound Ellsworth’s slider into the ground.
1979 At the Astrodome, substitute umpire David Pallone ejects the entire Cardinal bench when the players throw helmets and bats onto the field to protest a call. Due to the umpire strike, the minor league arbitrator was pressed into duty due to the major league umpire strike.
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Post by trav768 on May 10, 2021 15:52:16 GMT -5
May 10th
1894 For the first time in major league history, teammates combine for three straight home runs, as Frank Shugart, George “Doggie” Miller and Heinie Peitz of St. Louis hit consecutive roundtrippers in the 7th inning.
1897 Jack Doyle hits an unusual home run for Baltimore, but Washington defeats the Orioles, 13 – 5. The home run is noteworthy in that the ball rolls to the fence where a ladder had been placed. It rolls up the ladder and disappears over the fence.
lol need see video of that.
1959 In the first game of a doubleheader, Cubs reliever Elmer Singleton defeats reliever Lindy McDaniel of the Cardinals, 10 – 9. In the nightcap, McDaniel is the winner and Singleton the loser, 8 – 7.
1967 Adolfo Phillips steals home to help the Cubs edge the Giants, 5 – 4.
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Post by addisondad on May 10, 2021 17:25:57 GMT -5
May 10 2016 Cubs defeat the Padres 8-7 to go 25-6 for the season. Ben Zobrist goes 4 for 4 with 3 runs scored and a couple RBI.
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