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Third in a series of posts about home runs hit by Cubs that are not to be found in baseball's official records. .......... From 1876 through 1909, Cubs hitters lost only 1 home run when a game...

The Cubs did something in their loss to St. Louis last Tuesday that they had done only 7 times in the previous 24 seasons: Surrender multiple bases-loaded walks in an inning, by different...

... and once again, pitching was their downfall.

Wild thangs: Double-A team draws 13 walks in an inning By BEN WALKERMay 7, 2021 GMT Now this was truly a wild inning. The Double-A Biloxi Shuckers scored 12 runs in the sixth inning on just one hit Thursday night — drawing a whopping 13 walks from a trio of Birmingham Barons relievers, who also hit a batter and threw a pair of wild pitches. “It just got out of control, literally,” longtime Barons radio announcer Curt Bloom said. “And it was contagious.” “It was 87 pitches with 24 st...

Team draws 13 walks in single inning By BEN WALKER Birmingham, Alabama - Now this was truly a wild inning. The Double-A Biloxi Shuckers scored 12 runs in the sixth inning on just one hit Thursday night — drawing a whopping 13 walks from a trio of Birmingham Barons relievers, who also hit a batter and threw a pair of wild pitches. "It just got out of control, literally," longtime Barons radio announcer Curt Bloom said. "And it was contagious." "It was 87 pitches with 24 strikes. Most of them w...