Cubs cash in on new brand of North Side baseball (2024)

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It will need to be an opportunistic group both in the batter's box and on the basepaths.\n\nSwanson delivered another opposite-field single, scoring Miles Mastrobuoni easily from third. Hoerner hustled from first to third on the play, sliding in as the Brewers relayed the ball to the infield. 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