CHICAGO -- Cubs rookie starter Cade Horton has been almost unhittable since the All-Star break.

In fact, for the first five innings against Atlanta on Wednesday night, the 24-year-old right-hander didn't allow any hits at all to the Braves.

But then came manager Craig Counsell's hard stop.

Once he reached 75 pitches, Horton got the hook. Never mind that he issued just one walk on 10 pitches to Matt Olson -- the second batter of the game -- and then retired 14 in a row.

Ben Brown entered to start the sixth and kept Chicago's no-hit bid going until Ozzie Albies lined a single leading off the seventh. That sparked a rally that led to Atlanta's 5-1 win .

Chicago fell six games behind first-place Milwaukee in the National League Central, but Counsell's policy of protecting H

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