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PHOENIX – Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon was aiming for the outside edge of the strike zone with a fist-pitch cutter and a fifth-pitch slider to Eugenio Suárez in separate at-bats.
“Obviously, he hits mistakes, but he also has good coverage on breaking balls middle-down,” Taillon said after the Cubs’ 8-1 loss Friday to the Diamondbacks.
He was hoping to get Suárez to roll over a pitch breaking away from him. But Taillon would have settled for those two landing “anywhere but there.