The Chicago Cubs made some historical past of their very own with a house run barrage towards the St. Louis Cardinals, however Michael Busch etched his title in historical past too.
The Cubs bashed eight house runs towards the Cardinals on the Fourth of July, setting a staff report for many house runs in a single recreation.
Of these, Busch was chargeable for three of them because the Cubs cruised to an 11-3 victory on the vacation.
According to Baseball Reference’s Stathead tool, Busch turned simply the third Cubs participant to hit three house runs in a recreation towards the Cardinals, becoming a member of Moises Alou and Hank Leiber in that class.
The kicker? All 3 times a Cubs participant has hit three house runs towards the Cardinals, the video games have been performed on the Fourth of July at Wrigley Discipline.
Alou’s three-homer recreation got here on July 4, 2003, although the Cubs misplaced 11-8 in that recreation. Leiber smacked three house runs within the first recreation of a doubleheader on July 4, 1939, however the Cubs misplaced that recreation as nicely.
Becoming a member of Busch within the house run parade have been Seiya Suzuki, Dansby Swanson and Carson Kelly. Pete Crow-Armstrong additionally hit a pair of house runs within the recreation, with the Cubs accumulating their fourth straight win to open their homestand on the Pleasant Confines.
