MESA, Arizona — The Cubs defeated the Diamondbacks 3-2 Tuesday afternoon at Sloan Park.
Why is this a rarity?
Because the Cubs won this game with only two hits, home runs by Willson Contreras with a man on base in the first inning and a solo shot by Ildemaro Vargas in the third.
In the regular season, the Cubs franchise has won 21 games in its history (since 1900) with only two hits. Here’s the entire list. Many of those games, though, were in the Deadball Era and only three have been in the last 20 years, the last August 22, 2019, a 1-0 win over the Giants at Wrigley Field.