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Nico Hoerner Regrets Missed Challenge In Cubs’ 10-4 Loss To Nationals

In Chicago’s 10-4 Opening Day loss to Washington at Wrigley Field, Hoerner faced Brad Lord in the seventh with the Cubs down 8-4 and runners on first and second. He said the 3-1 pitch “looked like a strike,” but a challenge would have loaded the bases with one out and Carson Kelly batting next during a late-game rally chance.