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Edwards Jr. gets key outs, continues to impress
- Updated: August 11, 2016
CHICAGO — Some young pitchers would be intimidated having to face Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Andrelton Simmons in the eighth inning with two runners on and nobody out with a two-run lead. Not the Cubs’ Carl Edwards Jr.
“I just pulled my hat down more, so I don’t see their faces,” Edwards said.
Edwards struck out Trout and got Pujols to ground out, which allowed a run to score, but Simmons then grounded out to shortstop Addison Russell to end the inning. Aroldis Chapman took over in the ninth to preserve a 3-1 Cubs victory over the Angels. Chicago now has won nine straight games.
“When [Edwards] came out to the mound, I said, ‘Don’t worry about the runners, just go after the hitter, just focus on the hitter,'” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “Giving up one run there is fine, but [you don’t want] to give up two.”
And the slender right-hander did just what Maddon asked.
“I went in and tried to keep it as simple as possible and not try to …
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