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Chapman awarded steak dinner for 3-pitch inning

CHICAGO -- Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman is in the right city to find a good steakhouse as his manager owes him a dinner after Chapman performed a rare feat on Thursday night.

The lefty threw three pitches getting three outs in the ninth inning of Thursday's 4-3, 11-inning win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

"When you're in the minor leagues you actually give a pitcher a steak dinner for a four-pitch inning," Joe Maddon explained after the game. "He got it in three so I have to make it a really good steak dinner.