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By the time Arrieta was two strikeouts into retiring the side in the ninth, the full-house crowd at Wrigley was on its feet in deafening support.

Kang came into Thursday’s game hitting.287/.355/.461 with 15 home runs and 58 RBIs in 125 games. “I guess at a certain point you have to ask yourself what’s the cost”.

Byrd immediately followed with his 16th home run on a 2-0 pitch from Richard, making the score 3-1.The Cubs scored three times off Lorenzen in the fifth, which could have been an even bigger inning had center fielder Dexter Fowler not been thrown out at second trying for a double.