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Cubs’ Hayden Wesneski unlocks ‘confidence booster’ vs Reds

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Cubs right-hander Hayden Wesneski threw 3 1⁄3 hitless innings against the Reds on Friday. File photo.

CINCINNATI – Command and velocity don’t always go hand-in-hand. But they did for Cubs right-hander Hayden Wesneski in Game 2 of the Cubs’ doubleheader on Friday.

“I know what the week of work looked like,” Wesneski said Saturday. “And so it’s like, OK, that’s what it should look like, that’s how it should go down. So to be able to see it come to life, you don’t understand how much of a confidence booster that is for a young guy like me.