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Ross, Maddon address walks to Harper
- Updated: May 9, 2016
CHICAGO — Cubs manager Joe Maddon knows there was some criticism regarding the six walks issued to the Nationals’ Bryce Harper on Sunday — three of them intentional — but he said the situations called for them.
“If you’re a Cubs fan, you loved it. If not, you don’t,” Maddon said on Monday. “It was just a strategy of the game based on how they built their group. That’s what it came down to. It’s nothing I did. We had to react to the moment. … It happens every day. It just happened more often than not in yesterday’s game.”
Told that Nationals pitcher Tanner Roark called it “scared baseball,” Maddon shrugged.
“There’s nothing I can say about that,” Maddon said. “The best way I can put it is, I did not do anything to them.”
Harper tied a Major League record with six walks in the game — which the Cubs won, 4-3, in 13 innings — and set a record for walks in the four-game series with 13.
“You try to manage the game accordingly,” catcher David Ross said. “The lineup shook out where guys were on base in key situations, especially …
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