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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Ben Brown was impressive in his first start in 2026

Spiegel & Holmes Show

Audacy

Sports

4.2651 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Matt Spiegel and Ryan McGuffey discussed Cubs right-hander Ben Brown throwing four scoreless, hitless innings Friday in his first start of the 2026 season.

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0:00.0

Home show flashback.

0:02.9

Tonight getting the start is Ben Brown.

0:04.9

I love it.

0:05.5

What does tonight look like to you?

0:07.3

I'm looking at somewhere in the hot, like I'm going to say mid-40s.

0:10.4

If he can get into the fourth, it's a dream for them.

0:12.7

I feel like if he can get through three, that would be ideal.

0:14.9

Through four.

0:15.5

Let's get through four.

0:16.5

Let's set that number there.

0:17.4

75 pitches.

0:18.1

What the hell?

0:18.5

Let's go. Bacom, prior to the game, you figured if you got three good innings from Brown, you'd be happy.

0:24.6

He went four strong innings.

0:27.3

Now, four no-hit innings for the Cove.

0:32.8

He really did.

0:33.8

Four no-hit innings for Ben Brown on Friday night.

0:36.2

We're not going to pretend that the

0:37.6

next two games didn't happen where they got shut out and have not scored for 20 straight

0:43.1

innings. They were different kinds of games. Jacob de Grom was just an absolute beast yesterday

0:50.3

for the Rangers against the Cubs. Saturday, they had dudes on base in just about every

0:56.2

inning. I mean, Jack Lighter, they were two on, nobody out multiple times in the first

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