Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds preview, Wednesday 7/28, 7:05 CT
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Wednesday notes:
WILLSON!: Willson Contreras has homered in two of his last four games and three of his last nine contests, and his 16 home runs this season lead all NL catchers.
EVEN-UP: Since the Cubs’ 11-game losing streak ended, they are 8-8. The Reds are also 8-8 in that time span. So are the Dodgers, and in the same time frame the Mets are 9-9. The Cubs have almost kept pace with the Brewers, who are 8-7 over that time period.
SAVING GAMES: Five Cubs pitchers have saves this year (Craig Kimbrel, Alec Mills, Ryan Tepera, Rex Brothers and Keegan Thompson). The Cubs also had five pitchers with saves last year, but in 2019 nine different Cubs posted saves (Kimbrel, Mills, Pedro Strop, Brandon Kintzler, David Phelps, Allen Webster, Rowan Wick, Steve Cishek and Tyler Chatwood). Nine is the record for the most in a single season in Cubs history since the save rule went into effect in 1969, tied w
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This Date in Baseball for Friday, May 14
By The Associated PressMay 13, 2021 GMT
May 14
1913 Washington’s Walter Johnson gave up a run in the fourth inning against the St. Louis Browns to end his streak of 56 scoreless innings. The Senators won 10-5.
1914 Jim Scott of the Chicago White Sox pitched nine innings of no-hit ball against the Washington Senators, but lost 1-0 after giving up two hits in the 10th inning.
1920 Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators recorded his 300th victory with a 9-8 win over the Detroit Tigers.
1927 Chicago pitcher Guy Bush went the distance for the Cubs in a 7-2 18-inning win over Boston. Charlie Robertson of the Braves almost matched the feat, leaving with one out in the 18th.
A look back at old Royals programs
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I’ve been a baseball fan for as long as I can remember. Over the years I’ve kept just about every program of every game I’ve ever attended. For a long time, I wondered why, but now, writing for Royals Review and with the advent of Baseballrefernce.com, it’s been a fun walk down memory lane to revisit some of those old games.
The first program in my collection is from the 1966 Kansas City Athletics. It wasn’t even a game I attended. Some of my dad’s friends went to the game and brought back the Athletics 1966 yearbook for me. The front cover is long gone but featured prominently on page two is Charlie O. Finley and his family. No matter what the occasion, Charlie wanted everyone to know that he was the man.