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Former SimCub Jesus Luzardo took the hill for the Phighting Phillies opposing Ben Brown, former Phillie pick who arrived when David Robertson moved east. The wind was blowing in and the temps were unseasonably low.
A low-scoring game was expected, especially with Justin Turner batting cleanup. The announcing crew wasn’t as annoying as the old group, but the Phillie bats were irksome, especially in the fourth inning. I so wanted to change that station. Brown wasn’t pitching badly at all but those runners kept on going around. Ugh. It sure looked like cheesesteaks for supper. “We don’t quit here”, said the Cubs, and chipped away. The Phils, though, were uncooperative.
The Cubs lost 10-4, setting up a match for the meatloaf this evening in Chicago.
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