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Montgomery fine with starting or relief roles

MESA, Ariz. -- It was only two, but Mike Montgomery knows they were the two most important pitches he's ever thrown. The lefty needed just two to get the Indians' Michael Martinez to ground out, ending the 10th inning of Game 7 and sparking the biggest celebration in Cubs history with the first World Series championship since 1908.

Montgomery had a chance to relive that final out -- and his first career save -- quite a bit this offseason, especially while working out at Hart High School in Valencia, Calif.

"It was cool to have the high school kids ask me what it was like," Montgomery said on Monday at Spring Training camp.