Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 17, 2003
The Anit-Maddux

From the broadcast, it sounded like Dusty Baker sent Tom Goodwin out to pinch hit for Wood in the eighth, but Kerry talked Baker out of it. He's going to try to complete the game, despite throwing 119 pitches through eight innings. I think Dusty was right, but I admire Kerry wanting to finish his own game.

Update: Cubs win. Kerry Wood beats the Mets 2-0 in a great pitching performance. Nine innings, four hits, one walk and eleven strikeouts. He only used six pitches to retire the side in order in the ninth. He threw 125 pitches, 80 for strikes. Al Leiter pitched well enough to win, allowing 2 runs over seven innings (the Cubs only had four hits as well, but two were solo HR), but ran into a better pitcher today.


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