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Pitcher Wood makes ivy-crashing grab in LF
- Updated: August 1, 2016
CHICAGO — Travis Wood showed he can pitch and he can play left field.
For the second time this season, the Cubs’ lefty was in left field. Wood replaced Joe Nathan in the sixth inning against the Mariners with two on and nobody out, but he walked the first batter he faced. Wood then settled down and retired the next three.
Wood batted for himself in the bottom of the inning, and in the seventh, moved to left field so right-hander Pedro Strop could pitch.
With one out and a runner at first, Franklin Gutierrez launched a fly ball to left that Wood backed up and …
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