Hendrickson leaves after allowing a 2-out double to Theriot. Restovich and Hoffpauir each hit RBI singles, putting the I-Cubs up 2-0 and Hill in line for the win.
And Hill's night is done. Pie PHs for him and strikes out looking (he's been doing that lately). 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 14 K, 86 pitches - 65. I like the decision. Let him walk away from tonight's game with a bunch of confidence.
Don't worry, he's not going to be brought up. He's starting to walk and has taken a few called third strikes recently. That should buy him an additional month.
Looks like it's pretty hot there, but at least Marmol is on the hill. Enjoy the game and let us now how Marmol and the rest of the team are doing from time to time if you can. Coats drives in Hoffpauir and Deardorff, I-Cubs up 4-0. Jackson has given up all 4 in the 4th without retiring a batter and has been pulled.
Guzman so far: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 47 pitches - 32 strikes. Pie with a 4-pitch walk. That's #18 on the year for him and his OBP is 70 points higher than his BA. He was caught stealing, though (there were two outs).
22-pitch first for Guzman, but he struck one and only gave up one hit. The other batter reached on an error. Pie was called out on strikes in his first AB on a borderline 3-2 pitch. He was ahead in the count 3-0.
The LumberKings have the winning runner on third in the 10th. Avery is still in there. Ugh...Chiefs lose. With the bases loaded and one away, the batter hit a check swing grounder back to Avery. It should have been a 1-2-3 DP to end the inning, but instead, Avery threw the ball away at home.