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1998
In one of the finest pitching efforts ever‚ Chicago Cub rookie righthander Kerry Wood fans 20 Houston Astros in a 2-0‚ one-hit victory to tie the major league mark for strikeouts in a 9-inning game. Making only his 5th big league start‚ the 20-year-old ties the record held by Roger Clemens‚ who performed the feat twice. Wood does not walk a batter in his masterpiece‚ allowing only an infield single to Ricky Gutierrez in the 3rd inning‚ that likely would have been an error had it occurred late in the game. The 20-year-old Wood became the 2nd pitcher in baseball history whose strikeout total matched his age (Bob Feller struck out 17 when he was 17-years-old). Wood struck out the first 5 batters of the game and struck out 7 in a row between the 7th and 9th innings‚ a streak that ties Jamie Moyer's Cubs record. Pitcher Shane Reynolds‚ meanwhile‚ fans 10 and the two-team mark of 30 strikeouts is a NL record.
Do Cub fans smile wistfully or weep gently when they remember this game?
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