Arrieta rested, confident heading into Game 2

It speaks to Jake Arrieta’s recent greatness that Cubs manager Joe Maddon took such note of two pitches during Arrieta’s National League Division Series start against St. Louis. They were the sort of mistakes that dot nearly every pitching performance in Major League Baseball, and they made Maddon wonder whether Arrieta’s personal-record innings total might finally be producing an effect.

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