It takes two days to accomplish the feat, but Tim Foli becomes the first Expo to hit for the cycle when he homers in the eighth inning of a suspended game. Before the Wrigley Field contest was halted yesterday because of darkness, the Montreal shortstop had stroked a single, double, and triple in the club’s eventual 12-6 victory over Chicago, in that order, for a rare ‘natural cycle’.
On April 17, 1976, At Wrigley Field, Mike Schmidt leads a Philadelphia Phillies assault with a single, four home runs in consecutive at-bats, and eight RBI to overcome a 12 – 1 deficit after three innings and beat the Chicago Cubs in 10 innings, 18 – 16. Chicago ties the game in the 9th after the Phillies have taken a 15 –…
1976 – In the 6th inning of today’s 6 – 5 loss to Chicago, the Mets’ Dave Kingman hits what will become widely regarded as the longest home run ever hit in Wrigley Field, estimated at 600 feet in many of the next day’s press accounts, with the putative “paper of record” going as high as 630. Some cold water is applied to these claims by longtime Cubs’ broadcaster Jack Brickhouse, speaking in 1982 with Paul Susman of Baseball Digest: “Brickhouse revealed that the ball was greatly helped by a strong wind of about 35 miles per hour. Brickhouse estimated Kingman’s blast in reality went about 500 feet.” To be fair to Kingman, the Cubs’ own scoresheet for this game estimates “530 to 550 feet,” which in conjunction with researcher Bill Jenkinson’s assertion of 530 feet as the distance between home plate and the point of obstruction, would suggest a typo or simple misreading as the culprit in the inflated Times estimate.
Rusty Staub becomes the first Mets player in the 14-year history of the franchise to drive in one hundred runs in a season. A two-run blast accounts for ‘Le Grand Orange’s’ 100th RBI, which comes in a 7-5 victory over Chicago at Shea Stadium.
On September 16, 1975, Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Rennie Stennett goes 7-for-7 in a 22-0 shellacking of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, the most one-sided shutout since 1900.. Stennett establishes a new modern day record for most hits in a nine-inning game. Stennett also ties Wilbert Robinson’s 19th century record. In 1892,…
1975 – Cliff Johnson hits a homer in his fifth straight game as Houston topples the Cubs, 8-4 . Jose Cruz goes deep twice and Bob Watson also plays long ball. Wilbur Howard adds four hits and swipes two bases. Larry Dierker sails to his 12th win.
On October 25, 1974, two future Hall of Famers are sent packing in major trades. The Chicago Cubs send 20-game winner Ferguson Jenkins to the Texas Rangers for infielders Bill Madlock and Vic Harris.
On October 23, 1974, the Chicago Cubs a fixture at Wrigley Field for 16 years Billy Williams to the Oakland A’s for infielder Manny Trillo and pitchers Bob Locker and Darold Knowles. Williams will finish his career as a designated hitter in Oakland before retiring after the 1976 season… [jetpack_subscription_form title=”Join the Community” subscribe_text=”We bring you cool…
In an 18-8 rout of the Cubs, the Dodgers collect 24 hits and set a club record with 48 total bases, including Davey Lopes’ three home runs, double, and single. The Dodger second baseman’s 15 total bases are the most ever for a leadoff hitter.
With the game scoreless in the 9th‚ the Cards put runners on first and third base with one out. Tim McCarver grounds to Cubs 1B Billy Williams who fires home to C Tom Lundstedt to snag Ted Simmons in a rundown. But as soon as Lundstedt throws to 3B Matt Alexander‚ Simmons races home to an uncovered plate. The Cards win‚ 1 – 0.
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