Cubs: 2 Rockies: 7
Quintana’s outing
All in all, right-hander Jose Quintana was content with how he pitched against the Rockies on Sunday. In his third outing of spring, Quintana allowed four hits, two earned runs, while walking two batters and striking out three in four innings. He also recorded an RBI off of a sacrifice bunt in the second inning.
“All my stuff was good. I’ve been working the changeup and fastball command was good,” Quintana said. “I feel great and I battled a lot.”
With Opening Day less than two weeks away, Quintana feels like he’s on the right path. He wants to get to five or six innings in his next outing.
“I feel great,” he said. “I can hit my spots when I want. I can get ahead of the count quickly, and my breaking balls were good.”
El Mago still has it
Only Javy Baez could get away with a crime like that. In the first inning, Baez stole second base. From the naked eye, he looked out, but after watching a replay, the swaggy second baseman missed the tag by lifting his left arm. Baez went 1-for-3 with a strikeout.
Duensing gets rocked
Left-hander Brian Duensing got rocked by the Rockies in the seventh inning. After replacing reliever Steve Cishek, Duensing allowed four hits (three singles, one double) and four earned runs. He was pulled after getting only one out and replaced by left-hander Kyle Ryan.
Before this outing, Duensing was pitching well this spring. In 6⅓ innings, he had a 2.85 ERA and allowed only four hits and two runs.
Daniel Murphy’s day
Rockies second baseman Daniel Murphy went 1-for-2 against his former team. After drawing a walk in the first inning, Murphy hit a solo home run to right field in the fourth inning.
On deck
The Cubs are off Monday and return to action Tuesday.
Cubs vs. Mariners, Mesa, 3:05 p.m. Tuesday; Cubs at Royals, Surprise, 9:05 p.m.
