Bleed Cubbie Blue · Aug 1, 2024
Cubs 13, Reds 4: Doubling their pleasure
Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty ImagesWell, that was fun!
The Cubs smashed out 17 hits and scored 13 times Wednesday evening in Cincinnati, both season highs, and crushed the Reds 13-4. In so doing they hit nine doubles, and before I show you all the highlights from this one, here’s BCB’s JohnW53 with double details:
This was only the Cubs’ seventh game since 1901 with nine or more doubles.
They had 10 once, at St. Louis on July 12, 1931. There was an overflow crowd, hundreds or thousands of whom sat or stood behind ropes that were behind the outfielders. Any ball hit into the fans was a double. The Cardinals made 13, still the MLB record, and outlasted the Cubs, 17-13.