Chicago Cubs make interesting history in 7-6 comeback win over Athletics
The Chicago Cubs have not had much to celebrate over the last several weeks. Sure, they had two different ten-game winning streaks earlier this season, but they followed that up with a ten-game losing streak and just an abysmal run of inconsistent baseball.
And while they had snapped their losing streak, they had not won at home in Wrigley Field for a while. Entering play on Thursday, they had lost seven straight games in Chicago, and for a while it appeared they were headed for an eighth consecutive home loss.
The Chicago Cubs make history in comeback win over the Athletics
The Athletics jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, helped by a defensive miscue in centerfield by Gold Glover Pete Crow-Armstrong. But the 2025 NL All-Star hit a solo home run in the bottom half of that inning, and later capped off what was an epic comeback in the bottom of the ninth.
Entering the bottom of the ninth, the Cubs trailed the Athletics 6-3. The bottom half of their order was due up, and hopes of a comeback were low. However, the team rattled off a series of hits, capped off by Crow-Armstrong’s walk-off RBI single that gave Chicago a 7-6 victory.
The Cubs are the only MLB team in the last 50 years to have 7 different players who came into the inning batting .250 or worse get hits in the bottom of the 9th in the same game:
Busch (.242)
Happ (.233)
Hoerner (.250)
Ballesteros (.231)
Suzuki (.239)
Swanson (.180)
PCA (.242) pic.twitter.com/bvczizBn8Q
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) June 5, 2026
As one can see from the post above, no MLB team in the last 50 years had sent seven players with batting averages .250 or worse all come up in the ninth inning and get hits.
This stat shows two things. First, Chicago’s hitters have been struggling mightily for a while. But second, it shows just how tough the Cubs can be when their players meet their potential.
If they can keep hitting regularly, Chicago will be right back to where they were in April, fighting for a spot atop the NL Central.
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