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Cubs Bats Fine-Tuned for Timely Success in Mesa

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Ivan Brethowr (RBI double), Pedro Ramirez (RBI triple), Brian Kalmer (RBI single), Jan Luis Reyes (RBI single), and Angel Cepeda (a pinch-hit solo HR belted over the left-field fence that landed on Field # 2) drilled run-scoring hits, and Alfredo Romero hurled three innings of no run / no hit ball in relief to earn the save, as the Cubs used timely hitting to rally from an early 3-1 deficit and best the Athletics 6-3 in Arizona Instructional League game action Tuesday morning on Field # 1 at the Cubs Sloan Park Complex in Mesa, AZ.

A's 2021 1st round draft pick SS Max Muncy (that's Maxwell Price Muncy, not the Dodgers' Maxwell Steven Muncy) hammered a two-run HR to put the A's on the board 2-0 in the top of the 1st inning.