Wells completes five frames as Cubs fall to Rox
Box >MESA, Ariz. -- Esmil Rogers threw five scoreless innings and also hit a sacrifice fly to lead the Rockies to a 4-2 victory Tuesday over the Cubs' split-squad team.
Rogers, a candidate for the Rockies' rotation, gave up one hit and struck out three.
Randy Wells, vying to secure a spot in the Cubs' rotation, gave up three runs -- two earned -- on three hits and one walk over five innings in his longest outing of the spring. The right-hander had not given up an earned run in nine innings over his three previous games.
Wells won 12 games in 2009 but went 8-14 last season and arrived in camp knowing he didn't have a spot guaranteed.
"You've got to expect that," Wells said. "It's no secret guys get paid to win baseball games, and guys get paid to hit and score runs, and that's what people want is production. I didn't produce last year. The only thing I did consistently was make every start and get innings. Other than that, I didn't produce.
"If I was the general manager, I'd do the same thing [and not guarantee a spot]," he said. "I want to be on a winning baseball team, everybody does. I want to be a part of what a special thing would happen if we pulled this off."
Carlos Gonzalez was safe on an infield single with one out in the Rockies fourth, reached third on Jose Lopez's single and scored on Todd Helton's sacrifice fly.
Chris Iannetta walked to lead off the Colorado fifth and, one out later, Hernan Iribarren singled. Both advanced on a double steal, then Rogers hit a sacrifice fly to left. Iribarren also scored on the play when Alfonso Soriano's throw home missed everyone and ended up next to the visitor's dugout.
The Cubs added a pair of runs in the ninth on Steve Clevenger's sacrifice fly and Jae-Hoon Ha's RBI double.
Cubs closer Carlos Marmol pitched one inning, walking three, but escaped without giving up a run. He has now walked five batters in his last two outings.
Up next for Cubs: After an off-day on Wednesday, Ryan Dempster, the team's Opening Day starter, will make his fourth start when the Cubs travel to Phoenix to face the Athletics on Thursday. Dempster has given up two runs in 12 innings this spring while striking out 12. The A's will counter with lefty Bobby Cramer, so the Cubs' lineup features Jeff Baker leading off, Geovany Soto hitting fifth, and Kosuke Fukudome batting eighth.
Rogers, a candidate for the Rockies' rotation, gave up one hit and struck out three.
Randy Wells, vying to secure a spot in the Cubs' rotation, gave up three runs -- two earned -- on three hits and one walk over five innings in his longest outing of the spring. The right-hander had not given up an earned run in nine innings over his three previous games.
Randy Wells' five-inning outing was his longest of the spring. (AP)
"You've got to expect that," Wells said. "It's no secret guys get paid to win baseball games, and guys get paid to hit and score runs, and that's what people want is production. I didn't produce last year. The only thing I did consistently was make every start and get innings. Other than that, I didn't produce.
"If I was the general manager, I'd do the same thing [and not guarantee a spot]," he said. "I want to be on a winning baseball team, everybody does. I want to be a part of what a special thing would happen if we pulled this off."
Carlos Gonzalez was safe on an infield single with one out in the Rockies fourth, reached third on Jose Lopez's single and scored on Todd Helton's sacrifice fly.
Chris Iannetta walked to lead off the Colorado fifth and, one out later, Hernan Iribarren singled. Both advanced on a double steal, then Rogers hit a sacrifice fly to left. Iribarren also scored on the play when Alfonso Soriano's throw home missed everyone and ended up next to the visitor's dugout.
The Cubs added a pair of runs in the ninth on Steve Clevenger's sacrifice fly and Jae-Hoon Ha's RBI double.
Cubs closer Carlos Marmol pitched one inning, walking three, but escaped without giving up a run. He has now walked five batters in his last two outings.
Up next for Cubs: After an off-day on Wednesday, Ryan Dempster, the team's Opening Day starter, will make his fourth start when the Cubs travel to Phoenix to face the Athletics on Thursday. Dempster has given up two runs in 12 innings this spring while striking out 12. The A's will counter with lefty Bobby Cramer, so the Cubs' lineup features Jeff Baker leading off, Geovany Soto hitting fifth, and Kosuke Fukudome batting eighth.
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