A big reason for the Cubs success this year has been their pitching. Yesterday at the MLB All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Cubs pitchers Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster, and Carlos Marmol showed why they were three of four Cubs pitchers selected to the All-Star Game (the other being Kerry Wood who missed the game due to a blister).
Here are the stats for their performances:
Zambrano: 2 IP 1 H 0 ER 0 BB 1 K
Dempster: 1 IP 0 H 0 ER 0 BB 3 K
Marmol: 1 IP 0 H 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
Combined?
4 IP 1 H 0 ER 0 BB 6 K
Amazing and this was against "All-Star" hitters! I can't remember Dempster striking out the side the whole season and Marmol rebounded nicely from his last game in which he allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk. The Cubs hitters Geovany Soto, Aramis Ramirez, and Kosuke Fukudome were a disappointing 0 for 4 with two strikeouts and one walk combined but the pitchers made the Cubs organization proud. Any doubt that Dempster and Marmol belonged in the All-Star Game was erased last night.
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