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Yu Darvish powerful in Cubs’ 4-3 loss to Brewers Saturday in Cactus League play

Brewers 4, Cubs 3

Sixth sense: Four of the Cubs’ five hits in the game came during a three-run sixth inning at Sloan Park, including Robel Garcia’s leadoff triple and Kyle Schwarber’s two-run double. Only two other Cubs reached base in the other eight innings as they fell to 3-5 in Cactus League play.

Yu nasty: Yu Darvish made an eye-opening first start of the spring, throwing six different pitches for strikes, including a fastball that reached 98 mph multiple times, over two innings, and an 82-mph knuckle curve he threw to Logan Morrison after one of those 98 fastballs for inning-ending strikeout in the first.