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He had the shortest outing of his career and set a career high in walks, and no, we are not talking about Tyler Chatwood.The Cubs broke out to an early 3-0 lead but the Rangers got a three-run homer from Joey Gallo off Carl Edwards Jr. in the eighth inning and beat the Cubs 8-6, despite some outstanding relief work from Jose Quintana. (Weird, I know, but this entire game was pretty strange.)Darvish didn’t allow the Rangers to put a ball in play until their 11th batter — the first 10 either walked or struck out. By then, RBI singles by Javier Baez and Kyle Schwarber had given the Cubs that 3-0 lead. Willson Contreras’ RBI double [VIDEO] made it 4-1 Cubs in the third.Your browser does not support HTML5 video.Darvish stopped walking people in the bottom of that inning, instead giving up a long two-run homer to Asdrubal Cabrera. Darvish walk facts:Enough? I thought so. For his part, Darvish might have let the situation get to him:Obviously, that’s got to change before his next start.Schwarber extended the lead to 5-3 with this mammoth home run in the 5th [VIDEO].Your browser does not support HTML5 video.That ball: Crushed!Contreras’ second double of the game, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly made it 6-3.Quintana, making his first relief appearance since Game 5 of the division series against the Nationals in 2017 (and first in the regular season since his rookie year, 2012 with the White Sox), threw pretty well, but eventually ran out of gas and allowed a pair of runs in the seventh Mark Grace Jersey , making it 6-5. Q did strike out eight in four innings of relief. Fun fact time!Unfortunately, CJ allowed a hit and a walk before the massive blast by Gallo, and that, as they say, was that. CJ’s velocity was down, according to the Jordan Bastian article linked above:That, too, is going to have to get better. And even though Gallo’s homer was by a Cubs opponent, have a look:This nifty pickoff [VIDEO] by Quintana in the fourth is worth a look.Your browser does not support HTML5 video.And so is this caught-stealing by Contreras [VIDEO].Your browser does not support HTML5 video.But Cubs pitchers issued 12 walks in this game, and you simply can’t do that and expect to win. The last time any Cubs team walked 12 opposing hitters in a game was this awful game June 28, 2002 against the White Sox, a game in which they blew an even bigger lead (8-0) than they had Saturday night. Rangers pitchers walked seven, and usually seven walks, eight hits and six runs should be enough to win a game. But Cubs pitchers are simply going to have to do better than this. This was not the way to end this very winnable game.But in baseball, you generally get another chance the next day. Sunday, the Cubs will go for the series win with another former Ranger, Cole Hamels, on the mound. He’ll face one of our old friends, Lance Lynn. Game time is 3:05 p.m. CT and TV coverage will be via NBC Sports Chicago. (There’s also a national broadcast on ESPN http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-david-ross-jersey , available outside the Chicago and Dallas markets.) CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Bryce Harper has the Philadelphia Phillies thinking October baseball before even arriving in camp.The six-time All-Star outfielder and the Phillies agreed Thursday to a $330 million, 13-year contract, the largest deal in baseball history. Now a team that hasn’t had a winning record since 2011 is talking about winning championships.“Everybody talks about this picture behind us,” slugger Rhys Hoskins said on Friday about a photo hanging outside the clubhouse that captures the moment the team won the 2008 World Series. “There’s rally towels waving around, can’t see an empty seat, can’t see a place where people can stand. I don’t want to hear about it anymore. I want to feel it. I think we’re on our way and Bryce gives us a chance to be there.”The Phillies already liked their chances in the NL East after adding All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto, 2013 NL MVP Andrew McCutchen, two-time All-Star shortstop Jean Segura and reliever David Robertson to a club that won 80 games last season. Philadelphia led the division in August before collapsing down the stretch, going 16-33 the last 49 games.The 26-year-old Harper could be the final piece to get the team over the top, though his lucrative contract doesn’t preclude them from adding more. Dallas Keuchel, the 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner, remains unsigned.The Phillies’ odds at winning the division went from 2-1 to 5-4; the pennant from 7-1 to 4-1 and the World Series from 12-1 to 8-1.“We obviously got a lot better before the move,” Hoskins said. “There was a buzz around camp with the guys we got previously. But you bring in a guy like this and I think now we think and we know we can take the next step from last season to now this is ours. We feel that way. This is a confident bunch. You add a player like this and it makes everyone better.”That buzz Hoskins mentioned was even louder as everyone from ballpark attendants to team personnel waited for Harper to show up. He arrived on owner John Middleton’s private plane Friday afternoon and is expected to be introduced as early as Saturday after he takes a physical needed for the deal to be finalized. Two lockers were cleaned out for him inside the clubhouse.Middleton, who flew to Las Vegas last week for a second meeting with Harper and his agent, Scott Boras, signed autographs for excited fans a couple hours before the Phillies beat Pittsburgh 7-3 in an exhibition game.Harper already has been a hit at the box office before hitting his first home run. The team sold more than 100,000 tickets in only a few hours after Harper agreed to the deal. Demand for tickets for the opener on March 28 doubled on the secondary market.“I was pretty stunned by it,” McCutchen said of the news. “Wow Kyle Schwarber Jersey , he’s coming here. It’s pretty cool. We’re all pumped about it.”Harper’s contract doesn’t include an opt-out clause and contains a full no-trade provision. Several players talked about the message that sends.“To hear that, it shows he’s committed to the city and all those rumors about him not wanting to play in the city, it throws those out and shows how committed he is to winning and build a legacy for himself and the city of Philadelphia,” infielder Scott Kingery said.Hoskins, who also is represented by Boras, said he never tried to sell Harper on coming to the Phillies. He offered to give Harper an honest perspective on playing in Philadelphia and for manager Gabe Kapler. Harper didn’t ask for any advice, however.“Through his meetings, he got all the questions he had answered,” Hoskins said.Harper is the biggest free-agent signing in Philadelphia sports and he’ll face pressure to help the Phillies win only the third World Series title in franchise history. He’s faced enormous expectations since appearing on a cover of Sports Illustrated as a 16-year-old in 2009 under the title: “Chosen One.” He’s wearing a Phillies uniform on the cover of MLB’s video game, and Philadelphia’s projected win total rose from 85 to 89 in Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA program (Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm), tied with Washington.Harper was the No. 1 overall pick by the Nationals in the 2010 amateur draft and was NL Rookie of the Year in 2012 at age 19. He was the 2015 NL MVP when he batted .330 and swatted 42 homers. But Harper has hit less than .250 in two of the past three seasons and only reached 100 RBIs last season.His numbers could skyrocket in a lineup filled with quality hitters and in a hitter-friendly stadium. Harper has batted .268 with 14 home runs, 32 RBIs, a .365 on-base percentage, a .564 slugging percentage, a .930 OPS and 48 hits in 50 games at Citizens Bank Park.“You throw that guy in any lineup and it’s going to make it dangerous,” Kingery said. “Lucky for us, he’s with us and he’s been doing some damage at Citizens Bank.”