Chicago Cubs rookie Ferguson Jenkins hits his first major league home run, off Don Sutton and shuts out the Dodgers to win, 2 – 0

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On April 23, 1966 — Two days after putting on a Chicago Cubs uniform, Ferguson Jenkins hits his first major league home run, off Don Sutton, drives in a second run, and shuts out the Dodgers to win, 2 – 0. For rookie Sutton, it is the first of 13 straight losses the Cubs will hand him.

 

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