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Meet the new Ben Brown: The Cubs' ultimate fireman reliever

SAN DIEGO — Ben Brown held a raised fist at his side and then gave one hard slap of his glove as he walked off the Petco Park mound in the eighth inning on Wednesday afternoon. Five pitches was all the Cubs reliever needed to escape one of the toughest jams of his team’s season to date.

“That was the game,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. “That’s as tough a situation as you can come into and he crushed it.”

The Cubs escaped San Diego with a 5-4 victory to seal a series win over the Padres, and have Brown’s eighth-inning Houdini act to thank.

Ben Brown Outpitching Mason Miller Over Last 2 Weeks –

Much has been made about all-world Padres closer Mason Miller, but what if I told you Cubs reliever Ben Brown has been better? Over the last two weeks, anyway. That’s certainly not a knock against Miller, who still has the league’s hardest fastball and a negative FIP that indicates he’d be better with just a catcher and no defense behind him. He is still mortal, however, as Matt Shaw‘s controversial single and the Cubs’ general peskiness proved earlier in the week.

For all his dominance, Miller has been bested by Brown over the last seven days. As Nate Roper pointed out on X, the most mythical friar since Tuck or St. Francis of Assisi has struck out nine with two earned runs allowed over his last seven innings pitched. Brown, on the other hand, has gone 14 innings with one earned run and 11 strikeouts. His most recent act of heroism came when he entered in the 8th inning on Wednesday with the bases loaded and no outs, and proceeded to escape with just one unearned run allowed.

Ben Brown SAVES Chicago Cubs In Series Win

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