Glen's Hobbie: Retiring 17 in a row...

 The Cub right-hander was mowing them down from the 3rd inning on, retiring the last 17 Braves batters to face him heading into the 9th. Dizzy Dean was warming up his harmonica for the 1st running of the "Wabash Cannonball", so here's Pee Wee Reese for the 9th inning call.

REESE: Hobbie will face Mathews, Aaron and Adcock here in the 9th, looking to complete this game here at Wrigley Field. Spahn vs. Cardwell. same time tomorrow over these same stations. Mathews has walked and singled in 3 trips this afternoon. The pitch from Hobbie, swung on and hit deep to right, back goes Williams, she is gone! Eddie Mathews takes a Hobbie fast ball and hits it very deep to right, giving the Braves their 1st run since the 3rd inning. It is now an 8-3 ball game, which also snaps the streak of 17 in a row retired by Hobbie. It is also the Braves first homer this season. Here's Aaron, 0-2 with a sac fly and he takes the next pitch from Hobbie deep to center field, you can kiss that one goodbye too! Back-to-back 9th inning home runs from Mathews and Aaron, don't go away folks, we might have a game yet, it's 8-4, Cubs. Nervous fans suddenly at Wrigley and Don Elston is throwing very hard in that bullpen now. That's Wrigley for you folks. Joe Adcock is 1-3 and he can take it far, too. (He struck out, then Charlie Lau flied to center) Hobbie's settled down now, here's Roy McMillan, wearing a 0-3 collar this afternoon. The pitch to McMillan is lined for a base hit and Hobbie's not finished yet, neither are the Braves, as Felix Mantilla has one final shot, pinch-hitting for John DeMerit, who was 0-3 today. Fans at Wrigley Field on their feet, the pitch to Mantilla is grounded to Santo, throws to Zimmer at 2nd and the Cubs survive a late onslaught by Mathews and Aaron to beat the Braves and earn another passing grade from the College of Coaches, the final score, 8-4. In the 9th, 2 runs, 3 hits, no errors, 1 left. The final score and totals from Wrigley Field, the Cubs 8 runs, 8 hits, no errors. For the Braves, 4 runs, 7 hits, 1 error. The Cubs left 6 baserunners, the Braves left 5. Glen Hobbie goes the distance despite that 9th inning hiccup, he is 1-0, he retired 17 in a row up until the 9th inning. Carl Willey takes the loss for Milwaukee, he is 0-1. Don Zimmer paced the Cubs with 2 homers, Al Heist and Hobbie also homered for the Cubs, who are now 4-0. The Braves despite the late homers from Mathews and Aaron, are now 2-2.

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