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It was a beneficial break for Pete Crow-Armstrong.
The Cubs’ center fielder has stumbled offensively since the All-Star break following an MVP-caliber first half, coming into Friday batting .163 with a .448 OPS since the start of August.
Team brass opted to implement a strategy used earlier in the year on then-slumping outfielders Kyle Tucker and Ian Happ, leaving Crow-Armstrong out of the starting lineup in two recent games against the Braves.
Save a late defensive substitution, it was nearly three straight days off for Crow-Armstrong.