Miller Time

The Cubs finally won a series today. Finally, right? Oh well we lost some ground in the race for David Price, but I guess this is good. Wade Miller started and gave up a two-run homer to Marlon Anderson. It was the only hit the thirty year old gave up. Miller pitched five solid innings allowing the one hit, two runs with three strikeouts and three walks. Wade still struggled with his command, but overall I thought he looked very good. His velocity sat around 89 most of the game, so I guess this is good. He is slowly but surely gaining velocity. With a lot of workouts in the offseason, Miller could get to his pre-surgery velocity which routinely got into the mid 90s.

The Dodgers started rookie southpaw Hong-Chih Kuo and he did well giving up a couple of runs with 6 strikeouts in 6 innings of work. However in the seventh they turned to Brett Tomko who continued to struggle. Tomko gave up four runs, the big blow being a game-winning three run homer to Aramis Ramirez. Carlos Marmol struggled in relief, but the rest of the bullpen was excellent. Michael Wuertz, Scott Eyre, Bob Howry and Will Ohman were excellent. The big shock of the late innings was that Howry closed out the game with the one run lead. It was Howry's fifth save on the season. Every Cub starter got at least one hit. Ryan Theriot, Juan Pierre and Ramirez tallied two a piece. Theriot did leave the game in the sixth due to an injury.