The Cubbies took an early lead against Madison Bumgarner then withstood a late rally led by Angel Pagan. Key Lines:
Angel Pagan- 2 for 4, 2B, 3B. BA= .269. Pagan's bat came alive with a couple of XBH knocks.
Gary Brown- 1 for 1, SB. BA= .186. Gary Brown apparently survived the cutdown and had himself a successful appearance.
Mike Fontenot- 1 for 1, BB. BA- .558. A Fonty sighting!
Chris Stewart- 1 for 2. BA= .333. Gotta think CStew is winning the backup catcher battle.
Madison Bumgarner- 4 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.72. Bumgarner throws so many pitches in the strike zone, he is going to tend to get BABIP'd from time to time. It would appear that's what happened here.
Edlefsen, Affleldt, Romo, Mota, Hembree- 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 6 K's. Romo gave up the 2 runs. Hembree had 2 K's in his stint.
Matt Cain takes the mound tomorrow against the Cleveland Indians.
From Carl Steward's notes on Bochy's comments about Brandon Belt and RF, it sure sounds like Nate's starting job is in serious jeopardy.
Pagan will miss a couple of days to have a wisdom tooth extracted. Yikes! I had all 4 extracted at once. Sick as a dog for 2 days and unable to eat solid food for a week. Lost 5 lbs. Hopefully it's just one tooth, but I have a lot of respect for wisdom tooth extractions.
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Somebody has to have a bad spring training. I'm fine with Pagan struggling and then busting out when it counts. Blanco is a great story, and I hope he can contribute, but let's not get carried away with him until the games count. He may well make the team though.
ReplyDeleteAlex Pavlovic tweeted very good news - Vogelsong strong in his pen session, he should be getting a start soon.