Chicago Cubs: Looking back at the Cinco de Mayo moments in Cubs history

CHICAGO, IL - JULY 04: Kris Bryant #17 of the Chicago Cubs rounds the bases after hitting a grand slam home run against the Miami Marlins during the second inning at Wrigley Field on July 4, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - JULY 04: Kris Bryant #17 of the Chicago Cubs rounds the bases after hitting a grand slam home run against the Miami Marlins during the second inning at Wrigley Field on July 4, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images) /
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Chicago Cubs: One year ago, the club busted out the lumber once again

The Cubs crushed the Dodgers on this date back in 2001. The dramatic score of 20-1 was a combination of eight runs scored in each of the seventh and eighth innings. Now, you’re probably wondering how the Dodgers gave up so many. Well, it seems like the Cubs bats were exploding off of the Dodgers relievers. Out of the three relievers the Dodgers used, they gave up 16 runs on 12 hits. 

Offensively for the Cubs,  Sosa and Todd Hundley got the game started as both homered in a pair. Hundley finished the game going 1-for-4 with a home run and drove in two. Sosa and infielder Eric Young both had three hits in their four at-bats. Starting pitcher Julian Tavarez got it done on the mound for the Cubs as he went seven innings, giving up one run on six hits with eight strikeouts.

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The most recent moment that happened on Cinco de Mayo was against our bitter rivals in St. Louis in 2019. The Cubs won their seventh game in a row and swept the Cardinals in a three-game series at home. Chicago’s A 13-5 victory over the Redbirds came courtesy of Kris Bryant’s grand slam, with Anthony Rizzo, Wilson Contreras and David Bote each driving in two runs apiece.