The veteran starter, who is expected to retire at the end of the 2015 season, has made five starts for Chicago since being acquired at the trade deadline, pitching to an unsightly 6.31 ERA, 1.442 WHIP and 10.9 H/9.
As has been the case for some time, the long-ball continues to haunt Haren. His career average of 1.1 HR/9 would look good to the Cubs, who have received a horrendous 2.8 HR/9 mark from the veteran who was supposed to bring stability to the back end of the starting rotation.
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Instead, Haren has pitched into the seventh inning just one time – which came Thursday against the Giants – and in that start, he was roughed up for five earned, including a three-run shot that was the result of a pair of base-on-balls earlier in the frame.