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Cubs 21, Pirates 0: A franchise record shutout

Well, THAT was fun.

Like, lots and lots and LOTS of fun!

More than 47 years ago, on September 16, 1975, the Pirates shut out the Cubs 22-0 at Wrigley Field. To this day (tied once), that’s the largest shutout in MLB history. Just 4,932 attended that late-September game in another lost season.

Saturday afternoon, on a gloriously beautiful 73-degree April day at Wrigley in front of a full house of 39,917, the Cubs nearly got exact revenge for that long-ago loss, coming within one run with a franchise-record 21-0 shutout of the Pirates.