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Yu Darvish Rewards Cubs for Letting Him ‘Do the Escape Thing’

Yu Darvish looked bad early Saturday night. And I mean bad like his game had fallen out of the tallest ugly tree in the forest and hit every branch on the way down. He either walked or hit five batters in the first two innings, mainly because he had no idea where his fastball was going. Darvish had to resort to throwing the slider almost exclusively, opting for either that or the cutter for nine of his final 10 pitches in a rough 2nd inning.

All the while, though, it was clear the stuff was still there.