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The 19 greatest starts in Cubs history, No. 1: Kerry Wood, May 6, 1998

I’m certain there was no mystery about which game ranked atop this list. So much has been written about this game, including on this site, that I wanted to take a different approach to Kerry Wood’s famous 20-K game, accomplished in his fifth big-league start.

This game should have been a no-hitter.

The one hit in the game, by Ricky Gutierrez of the Astros (he’d later be Wood’s teammate on the 2000 and 2001 Cubs), should have been ruled an error.