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Phegley No Phigment of Cubs Imagination at Riverview
Josh Phegley (on Oakland Athletics MLB 7-day concussion DL) belted two two-run home runs, Jarrett Costa drilled an RBI triple and a double and walked, and LHSP Zach Erwin and three relievers combined to hurl a three-hit shutout with eleven strikeouts and no walks, as the A's blanked the Cubs 6-0 in Cactus League Extemded Spring Training game action Monday morning on Field #1 at the Riverview Baseball Complex in Mesa, AZ.
The game was extended an extra half-inning so that all of the A's pitchers scheduled to throw in the game could get their work.
After ten days off, Eloy Jimenez (on Myrtle Beach 7-day DL - right shoulder injury) returned to EXST game action, playing RF for five innings and batting clean-up. Eloy went 1-3 at the plate, with a broken bat single in his first AB (hump-back line drive to CF), an L-3 line-out his second time up, and a strikeout (swinging) in his final PA. He made three or four throws from the outfield after base hits (including the first-inning triple to the right-field fence by Costa), and while he didn't exactly cut-loose with any of the throws, he was able to get the ball to the cut-off man on the fly.
Ellliot Soto (on AA Iowa 7-day DL - March 2017 foot injury), Jemile Weeks (on AAA Iowa 7-day DL - February 2017 sprained knee), and Kevin Cornelius (on AA Tennessee DL - March 2017 broken left hand) also continued their EXST rehab. Soto played 2B and went 1-3 with a single and two strikeouts, Weeks played CF and went 0-3 with two strikeouts, and Cornelius served as a DH and went 0-3 with two strikeouts.
In EXST roster news, LHRP Manny Parra (on AAA Iowa 7-day DL - April 2016 TJS) has completed his EXST rehab and has been moved-up to Iowa & reinstated from the 7-day DL.
Manny Parra 2017 Cactus League EXST stats:
7 GAMES
1.08 ERA
1.08 WHIP
8.1 IP, 7 H, 1 R, (1 ER), 2 BB, 9 K, 2 WP
Here is the abridged box score from the game (Cubs players only):
CUBS LINEUP:
1. Aramis Ademan, SS: 0-3 (F-9, 6-3, 3-1)
2. Elliot Soto, 2B: 1-3 (1B, K, K)
3. Jemile Weeks, CF: 0-3 (K, F-7, K)
4. Eloy Jimenez, RF-DH: 1-3 (1B, L-3, K)
5. Kevin Cornelius, DH #1: 0-3 (K, F-9, K)
6. Rafael Mejia, 1B: 0-3 (K, K, F-8)
7. Kwangmin Kwon, LF-RF: 1-3 (F-7, 1B, L-3)
8a. Gustavo Polanco, C: 0-1 (K)
8b. Miguel Amaya, C: 0-2 (P-4, 5-3)
9. Yonathan Perlaza, 3B: 0-3 (F-8, 6-3, P-5)
10. Jhonny Bethencourt, DH #2: 0-3 (F-7, K, F-9)
11a. Henderson Perez, DH #3: 0-1 (P-4)
11b. Ruben Reyes, LF: 0-2 (3-1, L-9)
CUBS PITCHERS:
1. Brailyn Marquez: 1.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R (4 ER), 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 2/1 GO/AO, 43 pitches (22 strikes)
2. Enrique de los Rios: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 5/1 GO/AO, 31 pitches (19 strikes)
3. Junior Marte: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 1 PO, 2/2 GO/AO, 29 pitches (15 strikes)
4. Andin Diaz: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 GIDP, 4/1 GO/AO, 18 pitches (12 strikes)
5. Mark Malave: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GO/AO, 15 pitches (8 strikes)
6. Luis Aquino: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GO/AO, 14 pitches (9 strikes)
CUBS ERRORS: 2
1. LF Kwangmin Kwon: E-7 (fielding error on single allowed batter to advance to 2nd base)
2. SS Aramis Ademan: E-6 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)
ATTENDANCE: 18
WEATHER: Partly cloudy with temperatures in the 80's
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