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September 25th, 2009, 12:16 PM
9/25/35:
Lon Warneke spins a two-hit shutout against the St. Louis Cardinals for his 20th win of the year, 19-year-old Phil Cavarretta hits a solo homer, and the Chicago Cubs win their 19th straight game, 1-0, clinching a tie for the pennant. It’s the third (and last) time Warneke will win 20 games in a season. The Cubs will extend their winning streak to 21 and clinch the pennant by taking a doubleheader from the Cards two days from now. Their 21 straight wins equal a club mark set in 1880, and those two streaks remain the longest in major league history of win skeins not interrupted by a tie game (namely, the New York Giants’ 26-game winning streak of 1916).
B I R T H D A Y S
Phil Rizzuto b. 1918
Hubie Brown b. 1933
Bob McAdoo b. 1951
Scottie Pippen b. 1965
Chauncey Billups b. 1976
Lon Warneke spins a two-hit shutout against the St. Louis Cardinals for his 20th win of the year, 19-year-old Phil Cavarretta hits a solo homer, and the Chicago Cubs win their 19th straight game, 1-0, clinching a tie for the pennant. It’s the third (and last) time Warneke will win 20 games in a season. The Cubs will extend their winning streak to 21 and clinch the pennant by taking a doubleheader from the Cards two days from now. Their 21 straight wins equal a club mark set in 1880, and those two streaks remain the longest in major league history of win skeins not interrupted by a tie game (namely, the New York Giants’ 26-game winning streak of 1916).
B I R T H D A Y S
Phil Rizzuto b. 1918
Hubie Brown b. 1933
Bob McAdoo b. 1951
Scottie Pippen b. 1965
Chauncey Billups b. 1976