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After giving up a first-inning homer to Chris Young, Lilly regrouped and helped the Chicago Cubs beat Arizona 3-1 Friday in the teams’ first meeting since the Diamondbacks’ first-round playoff sweep seven months ago.
Lilly pitched seven innings and also singled in the tying run as the Cubs won for just the fifth time in 14 games. Young homered off Lilly in Game 2 last October in Phoenix during Arizona’s 8-4 win, prompting Lilly to slam his glove on the pitcher’s mound in frustration.
Did Lilly think back to that game, one that saw him give up six runs and seven hits in 3 1-3 innings and put the Cubs in an 0-2 hole?
‘‘Maybe a little bit,’’ Lilly said. ‘‘I don’t want to admit it too much. You sort of let it go, but you don’t forget. And at the same time not try to come out of your game and do anything crazy.’’
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