The Cubs drew six bases-loaded walks in the fifth inning against the Pirates on Saturday, the most by a major league team since the White Sox had eight in the seventh inning on April 22, 1959.
PITTSBURGH — The Chicago Cubs drew six bases-loaded walks in the fifth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, the most by a major league team in a single inning in 65 years.
The last team to draw that many free passes with runners at every base in one inning was the Chicago White Sox, who had eight in the seventh inning on April 22, 1959.
And in the expansion era (since 1961), there has only been one other instance of a team to have at least six bases-loaded walks in a game — the Boston Red Sox, against the White Sox on May 7, 1992.
