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The Cubs followed up Thursday’s effort with this, by the second batter of the contest:
But Jake only took his no-hitter into the second. He threw a lot of pitches. It took a while.
Could really speed up games if umps would calls strikes on pitches that are strikes
— Jim Salisbury (@JSalisburyNBCS) June 25, 2021
Keegan Thompson came in to relieve in the 6th, after a scary HBP:
Most of you Midwesterners and Easterners were probably asleep by game’s end.