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Chris Denorfia walk-off HR was first of its kind in MLB history

By  Dan Cahill
   
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Chris Denorfia did something on Monday that no player in MLB history has ever done. | Getty Images

Every game it seems the Cubs pull off another first.

Jake Arrieta is the first Cubs pitcher since …

Kris Bryant is the first Cubs rookie since …

Well, when Chris Denorfia hit a walk-off home run in the 11th inning on Monday to help the Cubs defeat the Royals 1-0, it was the first of its kind in MLB history. No since. EVER!

From Elias via ESPN:

He’s the first pinch-hitter in major-league history to hit a walkoff homer for the only run of an extra-inning win. Denorfia is only the third player to hit a walkoff home run for the Cubs at Wrigley Field in extra-innings of a game that was scoreless to that point. Joe Pepitone’s 12th-inning home run was the only run of a Cubs’ 1-0 win in 1971, and Frank Secory hit a two-run walkoff homer in the 12th inning in 1946.

For Denorfia, this was the second time he has pulled off a “first” this season.

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