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- Updated: July 23, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Carl Edwards Jr.’s day started well. When the reliever boarded the team bus, Cubs manager Joe Maddon complimented him on his rose-printed shirt. After Friday’s game, Maddon complimented Edwards on his outing.
The Cubs led by two runs when the rookie entered the game in the sixth inning after starter Jason Hammel had given up a leadoff double to Scooter Gennett, and had to face the No. 3-4-5 hitters for the Brewers, Ryan Braun, Jonathan Lucroy and Chris Carter. Edwards retired the side, striking out Lucroy and Carter. Chicago held on for a 5-2 victory over Milwaukee.
“That was a big moment in the game,” Maddon said of the sixth. “You always talk about that middle-inning closer, and that’s a classic example of the impact it can have on the game.”
Edwards, 24, has not given up an earned run in 8 1/3 innings on the road, and has struck out 11 in that stretch. Did he realize he was facing the Brewers’ “murderer’s row,” as Maddon called them?
“Not really,” Edwards said. “We have the scouting report, but it’s like, ‘You’re facing this person, this person, this person.’ I hardly look at the scoreboard.”
On Wednesday, the Cubs …
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