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Nathan registers win, K’s side in Cubs debut
- Updated: July 25, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Joe Nathan joked that he was so nervous running in from the bullpen on Sunday that he needed a defibrillator when he got to the mound. For the first time since his second Tommy John surgery, he was pitching in the big leagues. And the right-hander got into a mess pretty quickly, before showing why he could be a key piece for the Cubs down the stretch.
Nathan, activated from the disabled list Sunday, started the sixth inning against the Brewers, and gave up a triple to Jonathan Villar, then walked Hernan Perez. Nathan now faced the Brewers’ 3-4-5 batters, Ryan Braun, Jonathan Lucroy and Chris Carter. And he struck out all three.
“That was a bad moment,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said of the start of the inning. “He made good pitches to every one of them. … That was purely experience. I thought everything got better inning in progress.”
As it turned out, Nathan got the win as the Cubs topped the Brewers, 6-5.
“Nathan gets the victory by pitching out of a real …
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