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Cubs’ Dansby Swanson out of lineup for series finale vs. Mariners

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Shortstop Dansby Swanson only missed one game in the last three seasons. File photo.

It’s been an exhausting week for the Swansons, both physically and emotionally.

On Saturday, US women’s national team standout Mallory Swanson was carted off the field during a friendly against Ireland, a tuneup before this summer’s World Cup, with a torn patellar tendon in her left knee. She underwent successful surgery on Tuesday.

“It sucks,” Dansby Swanson said Wednesday. “Seeing the person you love the most be heartbroken and in pain was not fun. Wouldn’t wish that upon anybody.