Z Sharp In Cubs Loss

Carlos Zambrano faced six hitters in Mondays game against Arizona and he struck out three of them. Zambrano looked in mid-season form in his first cactus league game, by not allowing any hits, or any runs in two innings of work. Carlos Marmol struck out 2 of the 3 batters that he faced in his inning of work. Marmol looked a lot sharper in his second appearence of the Spring.

Cubs batters were a little bit quiet in this one, Andres Blanco plated the only Cubs run with a RBI double. However it was the defense that sparkled the most. A day after a defensive nightmare, there were two highlight reel defensive plays, Joey Gathright made a diving grab in the 3rd inning, and Mike Fontenot threw a runner out at the plate in the 7th inning.

Cubs lose 9-1 to the D-Backs but the pitching and defense looked good.

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