The 1952 Cubs got off to a good start, winning eight of their first 12, and the game we’re going to remember was a Wednesday afternoon contest against the Phillies in front of a smallish gathering of 7.221.
They scored seven runs in the third inning — without a home run! — erasing an early 4-0 Phillies lead. Another Cubs run in the seventh made it 8-4, but, as wasn’t uncommon then (or now!), the bullpen (Turk Lown and Dutch Leonard) coughed up that lead and the game went to extra innings tied 8-8.
The teams combined for only one baserunner in the 10th and 11th innings, a two-out walk drawn by Bob Addis in the 10th.