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In Game 5 of the National League Division Series, the Cubs are entrusting left-hander Drew Pomeranz with the ball to open the winner-takes-all contest.
“We’ve got 11 pitchers to figure out how to get 27 outs,” manager Craig Counsell said Friday, before the Cubs revealed their starter. “And that’s how we’re treating it. We’re certainly going to need the bullpen formula that we’ve used. We’re going to have to get half the outs from not those five guys.”
Every Cubs pitcher on the roster other than Game 4 starter Matthew Boyd will be available, Counsell said.