In a game that offered very little in terms of excitement for the South Siders, pitcher Jonathan Cannon was the bright spot. The righthander put up goose eggs on the Diamondbacks for the two innings he was on the mound, allowing no hits or walks and striking out two. Last season, MLB ranked Cannon as Chicago’s No. 10 prospect. At 6’6”, the 23-year-old demonstrated his effectiveness in pounding the strike zone this afternoon by striking out two.
Jimmy Lambert, who came on in the bottom of the fourth, was the only other Sox pitcher to walk away unscathed today.