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Cubs manager Craig Counsell described the “veteran bench player” narrative as sometimes “overdone.”
“But [Monday] night is an example of why that story exists,” Counsell said before the Cubs’ game Tuesday against the Rangers.
On Monday, veteran utility player Jon Berti appeared in a game for the first time in a week, starting at second base and batting eighth.
In his first at-bat, leading off the third inning, he worked a nine-pitch at-bat against Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi and was awarded first when the ninth hit him.