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    Box Score Banter: As the Crow-Armstrong Flies

    Pete Crow-Armstrong has yet to collect his first Major League hit since being called up on Monday, but he seems to be doing just about everything else. Last night, “everything else” was two spectacular catches and his first RBI. In the first inning, Crow-Armstrong made a friend (enemy) in Nolan Jones, when Jones flew out to left center. This is a tough play for anyone—an over-the-shoulder leaping catch that sent him into the wall—but even more so for a rookie under brighter lights in an unfamiliar park. Regardless, Crow-Armstrong made it look easy. In the second inning, he got to…