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Cubs wives lose softball showdown with Brewers but win for RBI charity

For one day, Stephanie Duchaine got a little taste of Cubs pitcher Mike Montgomery's world, specifically his team's I-94 rivalry with the Brewers, when she and other players' wives, fiancees and girlfriends took on their Milwaukee counterparts in a charity softball game Monday at Helfaer Field in Milwaukee.

The Brewers band won easily, 10-3, with both teams' male contingent and family members watching.

"Especially in Milwaukee, we wanted to be competitive, so we definitely felt the nerves," said Duchaine, who is Montgomery's girlfriend and

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