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No Cub had reached base safely until the sixth inning, when Ian Happ poked a line drive into left field for a leadoff double to break up Braves lefty Max Fried’s perfect game bid.
“He was just competitive from pitch one,” Happ said of Fried, who went on to throw a complete game. “He’s got a good mix, a lot of different pitches that he can land in the strike zone. Didn’t fall behind in many counts. … He was just on the attack. He had really good stuff tonight.”
For the Cubs, a 9-2 loss to the Braves prolonged a May funk on offense.