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Brown was touched up for six earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out one over 1.2 innings while working in relief in Saturday's 11-2 loss to the Rangers.
After being promoted from Triple-A Iowa earlier in the day, Brown was called upon in relief during the seventh inning with the Cubs trailing by three. He got through that frame unscathed, but things got out of hand in the eighth, when the first five batters reached and two of them scored. Brown was finally knocked out of the game when Josh Jung slugged a home run to cap off a six-run inning. Before his implosion in relief, Brown appeared to have a shot to take Justin Steele's (hamstring) spot in the rotation. However, given that Brown needed 44 pitches to record just five outs Saturday, it's possible he'll be optioned to the minors in short order so that the Cubs can bring in a fresh arm.
