Cubs give Steele a break, then get clutch RBI double from Morel to beat Blue Jays again. McGrawDHSports Cubs
The Cubs left-hander has already hit a career-high in innings pitched, majors or minors, and was coming off the longest outing of his Cubs career at 110 pitches last Sunday against Atlanta.
Steele's last four games all had a high pitch count by modern standards, with 110, 101, 92 and 100. He got an extra day off between starts this week, since the Cubs had their first day off after playing 16 straight. They'll get two more days off this week. "Learning from last year what it would take for me to make it 30 starts, more innings than I've ever thrown and stuff," Steele said."I just took what I learned from last year. I can't think of anything specifically, just getting my body in the right place is the main thing."
Hicks got as high as 102.1 miles per hour on the radar gun, according to Statcast. Morel hit one of the slowest pitchers Hicks threw, an 86-mph sweeper, into the left-field corner. Morel had been in a 2-for-27 slump, going back to Aug. 3, but he does lead the Cubs in ninth-inning batting average at .360.
During Steele's last inning of work, Whit Merrifield sent a Steele four-seam over the fence for a 2-run homer that brought Toronto within 4-3.
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