Famed for his windup that included a high leg kick (shown above), Juan Marichal was one of the best pitchers in baseball through the 1960s.
By 1971 he was past his peak and coming off a mediocre 1970 season, but in his third start of the ‘71 season — coming off allowing only two total runs in 18 innings in his first two outings — he stymied the Cubs, who were off to a sluggish start that year.
Per George Langford’s Tribune recap, there was a “blowing, misty rain” throughout this game which prompted two rain delays in front of a small crowd of 8,133.