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Taking advantage of opportunity, Myers stays hot

CHICAGO -- Wil Myers saw four pitches in his seventh inning at-bat against Cubs reliever Brian Schlitter, and all four came with a high heat warning.

First, there was a 96-mph swinging strike, followed by a 95-mph heater than Myers looked at for a strike. Then came another fastball, this one 96 mph that was close, a pitch Myers laid off.

Chicago catcher Welington Castro thought it was a strike, and he stood up and briefly headed toward the home dugout. Schlitter thought so, too. But home-plate umpire Sam Holbrook called it a ball.