when was the last time the cubs had 20 or more hits in a single game and lost

The Chicago Cubs lost with 20+ hits versus the Pirates on August 30, 2006.

	TEAM	DATE	L	H	TM		OPP	RESULT	L%	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Cubs	8/30/2006	1	20	CHC	@	PIT	L 9-10	1.000	48	9	3	0	0	9	4	0	7	2	0	55	23	3	2	1	2	1	.417	.453	.479	.932
2	Cubs	9/12/2002	1	22	CHC	@	CIN	L 12-15	1.000	47	12	6	1	0	12	6	1	10	0	0	54	30	7	0	0	1	1	.468	.537	.638	1.175
3	Cubs	5/14/2000	1	21	CHC	@	MON	L 15-16	1.000	46	15	1	0	3	14	4	1	9	6	0	51	31	4	0	0	0	0	.457	.510	.674	1.184
4	Cubs	5/4/1993	1	21	CHC	vs	COL	L 13-14	1.000	51	13	3	0	2	13	3	0	8	0	0	54	30	5	0	0	0	2	.412	.444	.588	1.033
5	Cubs	9/24/1985	1	20	CHC	vs	MON	L 15-17	1.000	46	15	2	0	3	15	4	0	4	1	1	51	31	5	0	1	0	0	.435	.471	.674	1.145
6	Cubs	5/17/1979	1	26	CHC	vs	PHI	L 22-23	1.000	56	22	3	1	6	22	3	0	4	0	0	59	49	10	0	0	0	2	.464	.492	.875	1.367
7	Cubs	5/5/1976	1	21	CHC	vs	LAD	L 12-14	1.000	46	12	5	0	2	12	3	0	5	0	1	49	32	7	0	0	0	2	.457	.490	.696	1.185
8	Cubs	7/22/1935	1	20	CHC	vs	BKN	L 13-14	1.000	50	13	3	0	3	13	4	0	3	0	0	56	32	6	2			2	.400	.444	.640	1.084
9	Cubs	8/28/1930	1	22	CHC	vs	SLN	L 7-8	1.000	75	7	6	0	0	7	5	1	9	0	0	82	28	6	1				.293	.346	.373	.719
10	Cubs	8/18/1922	1	20	CHC	vs	NYG	L 11-17	1.000	47	11	4	0	0	9	2	0	5	0	0	52	24	4	3				.426	.449	.511	.960
11	Cubs	6/12/1921	1	22	CHC	vs	BSN	L 9-12	1.000	47	9	3	0	1	8	2	0	4	0	1	50	28	4	1				.468	.490	.596	1.086
12	Cubs	7/18/1912	1	21	CHC	vs	PHN	L 8-9	1.000	53	8	4	1	0	6	1	0	6	1		54	27	5	0				.396	.407	.509	.917

Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete team, game-level data for hits going back to the 1901 season.

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