Stellar Performances - Hack Wilson and Charlie Root (May 4, 1929)
5/4/1929
Chicago Cubs (9-6) at Philadelphia Phillies (6-6)
Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Cubs 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 8 11 0
Phillies 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
After dropping the first game of a double header against the Phillies, centerfielder Hack Wilson and starting pitcher Charlie Root teamed up to ensure that game two was different. Wilson led the Cubs offense in posting 8 runs in route to the victory - homering in the 2nd inning to kick things off, then going for back-to-back home runs with Rogers Hornsby in the 6th. Wilson finished the game 3-4, with 2 home runs, a triple, a walk, and 3 RBI, as well as scoring 3 runs himself.
Equally as impressive was starting pitcher Charlie Root, who went the distance and allowed only 1 run on 5 hits. While such a performance would always be impressive, it was even more so in this case against the explosive Phillies offense, which earlier in the day posted 8 runs against the Cubs in the first game of the doubleheader. How good was Root? He held hitting machines Lefty O'Doul and Chuck Klein to a combined 0-8!
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