Cubs’ Marcus Stroman commits first of 14 Opening Day pitch-clock violations

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Marcus Stroman committed baseball’s first regular-season pitch-clock violation Thursday in the third inning of the Cubs’ 4-0 victory over Milwaukee at Wrigley Field.Marcus Stroman is getting used to Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock. And it’s no small deal for the Cubs right-hander.

“It’s tough,” he said. “It’s a big adjustment.”

Stroman committed baseball’s first regular-season pitch-clock violation Thursday in the third inning of the Cubs’ 4-0 victory over Milwaukee on Opening Day. It was the first of 14 violations in 15 games on a day the average game time was 2 hours, 45 minutes.

Five violations were by batters, eight by pitchers and one by a catcher as all…