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Cubs 7, Cardinals 6: The biggest ninth-inning comeback in 42 years

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As was once said on “The Simpsons”... That’s unpossible!

Behind by five runs entering the ninth inning in St. Louis Tuesday evening, the Cubs pulled off a crazy six-run rally and defeated the Cardinals 7-6. As you might have heard on the broadcast, that was the first time any Cubs team had accomplished that feat — winning a game they had been behind five runs after eight innings — since April 29, 1979. (I’ll have more to say about that game later.