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1907 | At Detroit's Bennett Park, right-hander Mordecai 'Three Finger' Brown throws a 2-0 shutout, beating the Tigers to capture the World Championship for the Cubs. Although Game 1 ended in a 3-3, 12-inning tie, Chicago becomes the first club to sweep a Fall Classic when the team wins the next four games. |
1929 | Trailing 8-0 in Game 4 of the World Series, the A's erupt for ten runs in the seventh inning off three Cub pitchers en route to a 10-8 victory. Chicago's Hack Wilson becomes one of the game's goats when he loses two balls in the sun in center field. |
2003 | Thirty-five years after creating controversy with his non-traditional rendition of the song, Jose Feliciano sings the Star-Spangled Banner at the Marlins' NLCS game against the Cubs at Pro Player Stadium. The singer's gospelized version of the national anthem sung before Game 5 of the 1968 World Series at Tiger Stadium caused such a flap that some radio stations stopped playing his records on the air. |
2009 | The Cubs file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Wilmington, Delaware. The anticipated short-term move will allow the club's owner, the Tribune Company, to sell the team in an $845 million deal to the family of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.'s founder, Joe Ricketts. |
2013 | Anibal Sanchez becomes the second person to strike out four batters in an inning in the postseason, whiffing Jacoby Ellsbury, Shane Victorino (who reaches base on a passed ball), David Ortiz, and Mike Napoli in Detroit's 1-0 ALCS victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. The 29-year-old right-hander, whose first-frame feat matches Cubs right-hander Orval Overall's total in Game 5 of the 1908 Fall Classic, is also the first Tiger hurler to accomplish the feat in franchise history, including the regular season. |
2015 | The Cubs homer six times en route to an 8-6 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in Game 3 of the NLDS. Chicago's sextet of round-trippers, including long balls from Kris Bryant, Starlin Castro, Dexter Fowler, Anthony Rizzo, Kyle Schwarber, and Jorge Soler, sets the postseason mark for home runs by one team in a game. |
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