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- Updated: July 20, 2016
CHICAGO — Through the first three innings Tuesday night against the Mets, Cubs starter Jake Arrieta threw 27 pitches, and 25 were strikes. He threw first-pitch strikes to all but one batter in that stretch.
“That’s when I’m at my best, when I’m challenging guys right away from the first pitch and putting them on the defensive side and making them swing the bat,” Arrieta said. “I expect to pitch more like this as far as the aggressiveness and keeping the ball down in the strike zone.”
That’s what the Cubs are hoping for. Arrieta did not get a decision in the Cubs’ 2-1 loss to the Mets at Wrigley Field, but he did make a statement: He’s back.
“That was a little more like it,” Arrieta said after striking out eight and giving up one run over seven innings. “I was really aggressive in the strike zone and using my offspeed pretty well throughout the game.
“It was a tough game overall,” he said. “[Mets starter Noah] Syndergaard on the other side, he was good. He made some good pitches and he’s a tough one to hit. A 2-1 game, we had a couple chances. If I hit the ball …
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