The Curse of Wrigley Field

April 11, 1907 at West Side Grounds

Cubs 6, Cardinals 1  (1-0)

Orval Overall held the St. Louis Cardinals in check and it wasn’t until the ninth inning when the opposition finally tagged him for a run.  Through eight innings, Overall had a two hit shut out   Cardinals left fielder Tom O’Hara reached on an error by Cub’s shortstop Solly Hofman.  Then back to back singles by Pug Bennett and Jake Beckley scored O’Hara.  Overall struck out two and walked one.

Hofman made up for the miscue with his bat.  He triple, walked and, stole two bases and scored four of the Cubs six runs.  Frank Chance singled three times in the win.