“I just wanted the ball hit to me,” Báez said of shouting as he set his feet to throw. Then, Mills got Peterson to hit a ground ball up the middle. He didn’t want them to come out too aggressive.Ĭaratini called a curveball for a first-pitch strike against Taylor, laying the groundwork for what would become a strikeout. “And you can lose it.”Ĭaratini instead focused on the scouting reports on Taylor and Peterson. “Normally when you try to think about it, is when something bad could happen,” Caratini said through an interpreter. Báez didn’t have a card on positioning for Taylor or Peterson.īehind the plate, Caratini was doing his best to not think about the no-hitter. Over at shortstop, Báez kept looking into the dugout for directions from bench coach Andy Green. Then, he faced two hitters he hadn’t seen all night, Tyrone Taylor and Jace Peterson.
Mills induced a pop-up in foul territory from Jacob Nottingham for the first out. His composed expression didn’t betray any of that as he took the mound for the final inning. “I had to take a lot of deep breaths,” he said, “and calm myself down and try to get into a good mindset to go out and attack.” He said he went back to the locker room between the eighth and ninth.
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“You get that feedback from the players,” Ross said, “and that just warms your heart and tells you what a professional group we have, and how much they care about one another.”īy the late innings, Mills’ heart was racing. Heyward didn’t want to come out until Mills did. When Ross checked in with Jason Heyward, the right fielder told him, as Ross put it, “he was riding with Millsy.” With a comfortable lead and a day off on Monday, it was an opportune time to get them extra rest. Mills was so dominant with that combination that by the sixth inning, Ross was starting to think about pulling some of the Cubs’ everyday starters. What kind of bear is best? 🐻 /skr7hvnSeO- Chicago Cubs September 13, 2020 “The feel for the curveball was evident,” Cubs manager David Ross said, “and him dropping it in multiple times, and then the fastball off that just looked really electric, mix in some change ups, just really in control.” He was having trouble getting his legs moving, the ball didn’t feel good coming out of his hand, and he had no fans in the stands to give him an extra jolt.Īs Mills struggled to locate his four-seam fastball in the zone, catcher Victor Caratini said they decided to rely more heavily on the sinker and curveball. Mills wasn’t actually feeling his best early in the Sunday afternoon game. The way Mills tells it, after Hendricks held the Brewers to two runs in a 4-2 Cubs victory Saturday, Mills joked, “Alright, I'm going to beat you tomorrow.” The pair of crafty right-handers have a similar pitching style, and Mills often talks about how much he enjoys and learns watching Hendricks pitch. In retrospect, a conversation between Mills and Kyle Hendricks Saturday night foreshadowed Mills’ performance the next day. Cubs' Prospects Jordan Wicks, DJ Herz Promoted to Double-A
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