Why aren't Cubs making excuses for Yu Darvish the way they did for Jake Arrieta?

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Something was rotten in Denver. Not Yu Darvish, though he certainly wasn’t good Saturday against the Rockies. No, the rotten part was the way the Cubs treated him that day, after he had struggled again. Catcher Willson Conteras called out Darvish for walking Rockies pitcher Tyler Anderson with two outs. Four hits and a walk had followed that initial walk. ‘‘I think he looked like he got too comfortable once he got two outs,’’ Contreras said. ‘‘ . . . He walked [Mike Tauchman with one out], and then the fake bunt [by Anderson] I think messed around with Darvish in his head. It looks like he got too comfortable when he got the second out. In the big leagues, no matter how many outs there are, you

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