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Last Thursday, Seiya Suzuki hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Cubs a 3-2 lead over the Reds. Cincinnati scored twice in the ninth and won the game, 4-3. I...

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. .......... ...

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...

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? ....

The Cubs won barely more than 1 of every 3 games during the final 2 months of 2021, going 20-36. Eight of their wins came in a 9-game stretch from Aug. 31 through Sept. 8. And the last of those 8...

David Bote's ninth-inning, base-loaded home run that beat the Nationals, 4-3, on Aug. 12, 2018, is unique among Cubs homers. In fact, there has been only 1 other such "Ultimate Slam" in the entire...

He lost both a perfect game and a no-hit bid.

I recently wrote that the Cubs have hit back-to-back home runs to win a game only twice in the entire Modern Era. The first time was on April 16, 2004, when Sammy Sosa and Moises Alou homered to...

If you flip over to the sports section, you can read Skip’s play-by-play of how he enjoyed Game 1 of the World Series.

Second of 3 posts about the Cubs' extra-inning games in the post season. They played a 12-inning tie against the Tigers in the 1907 World Series, beat the Athletics in 10 innings in 1910 and lost...