Word: homerun
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Next day the Cubs won the second game of the series 9 to 8 in the 13th inning, after scoring 5 runs in the ninth to tie, 5-5, pulling even again 8-8 in the nth. In the third game burly Hack Wilson, Cub centrefielder, drove his 45th homerun of the season in the first inning with two men on base and his 46th in the fourth. That put him two homers ahead of the National League record, and two ahead of Babe Ruth of the American League. The Cubs won, 16 to 4, stayed .051 points ahead...