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- Updated: July 31, 2016
CHICAGO — Dexter Fowler was called out, then safe. Kris Bryant was called safe, then out. The Cubs got a run, then lost one after replay reviews of plays at the plate in Saturday’s 4-1 loss to the Mariners.
Seattle’s Wade Miley threw six no-hit innings and then walked Fowler to open what turned out to be a wild Chicago seventh. Bryant singled to center for the first hit off the lefty. Both advanced on Ben Zobrist’s sacrifice, and Javier Baez then hit a chopper to shortstop Shawn O’Malley, who threw home in an attempt to cut down Fowler.
Home-plate umpire Lance Barrett called Fowler out but the Cubs challenged the call, and after a review, it was overturned and Fowler was safe. Bryant then tried to add another run by stealing home on Miley’s pickoff throw to first, and he was initially called safe. But after Mariners challenge and a review, the call was overturned and Bryant was out.
“I have my own little bias,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “On the first one, I thought …
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