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In the first three games of the Chicago Cubs' 2010 season, both Sean Marshall and John Grabow have appeared in each game. Each man is a left-handed pitcher in manager Lou Piniella's bullpen. That is where all similarities end. Marshall has logged 4 1/3 innings, striking out seven batters and allowing no base-runners. Grabow, meanwhile, has thrown 1 1/3 innings, giving up two hits and a walk. One of the hits was a two-run home run by Chipper Jones in the eighth inning of Wednesday's game, a shot that cost Chicago the game. The walk came against the only batter Grabow faced on Thursday, Atlanta catcher Brian McCann, forcing Piniella to bring in closer Carlos Marmol for a four-out save with the tying run on first base.  Obviously, such early-season stats mean relatively little, but it is ...

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