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Monroe is gone, Steve Pearce is coming up in his place. A precursor to another move, or just done to get Pearce into the lineup regularly with Brandon Moss struggling?
Last night's quick recap: Ohlendorf struggled, Marquis dominated us, Andrew McCutchen is awesome. I'm off to Charlotte for the day.
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