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DENVER – Saturday’s game between the Cubs and Rockies got off to an uncharacteristically low-scoring start at Coors Field. But the baseball started soaring, at least to the fence, in the fifth inning of the Cubs’ 4-3 win.
“There’s a lot of grass out there,” Cubs switch hitter Ian Happ said Friday. “I think that’s the biggest thing. People talk about how well it flies – and it does, like there’s some balls that get to the wall that wouldn’t – but there’s just a lot of places to get hits, so mentally, it’s a little bit freeing.