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It’s easier being a Cubs starting pitcher these days.
With the team’s lineup scoring runs at a best-in-baseball rate, the team’s collection of arms can breathe a little easier than normal, even when going up against some of the best bats in the sport.
“It makes your life a little bit less stressful when you give up a run in the top of the first and then you score five in the bottom of the first,” Cubs right-hander Ben Brown told the Sun-Times on Friday.