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No-hitters lost in the ninth: The Cubs break up Tom Seaver’s perfect game, July 9, 1969

I wrote about this game in my “Today in 1969 Cubs history” series two years ago.

Rather than re-write that article, I simply repost it here in its entirety (with a couple of minor edits in order to focus more on the no-hit angle than the 1969 season angle of the original) — including video of Jimmy Qualls’ ninth-inning hit that broke up a perfect game bid by Tom Seaver. It is the only perfect game bid in this series of articles.

From 1952 through 1972, the Cubs were involved in nine no-hitters — six by Cubs pitchers, three thrown against them.