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Cubs Manager Sees Positives In Opening Game Loss


Champ Kind
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Take heart Cubs fans, there were positive signs in Tuesday's 6-0 thumping at the hands of the Cleveland Indians in the World Series opener, said Chicago manager Joe Maddon. Indians starter Corey Kluber and relievers Andrew Miller and Cody Allen combined to register 15 strikeouts in a seven-hit shutout, but Maddon liked what he saw from some Cubs hitters. "How about (Kyle) Schwarber, having not played all year and had some really good at-bats." Schwarber, who last year slugged five postseason home runs, came back from torn knee ligaments that ended his regular season on April 7 to crush a double off the right-field wall and work a walk against tough lefty reliever Andrew Miller in the seventh.

 

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