PEORIA, Ill. (AP) – Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood allowed a hit, struck out two and threw a wild pitch in his second rehab assignment with Class-A Peoria on Thursday night.
He needed only 13 pitches to get through the seventh inning, mixing a couple of knee-buckling curves with several 94 mph fastballs to hold a 4-0 lead.
“I was able to get ahead of hitters tonight and that always helps,” Wood said. “That allowed me to throw a couple of breaking balls.”
The Cubs, who are converting Wood into a reliever, want to see him pitch on consecutive days by throwing another inning of relief on Friday. It would be the first time this season Wood has pitched on consecutive days.
“It doesn’t really concern me,” Wood said. “I expect to feel fine.”
General manger Jim Hendry, who is expected in Peoria on Friday to watch Wood pitch, has said he wants the right-hander to make at least one appearance at Triple-A Iowa before rejoining the Cubs.
“Jim and I will have a conversation and we’ll make the right decision in terms of where I go next,” Wood said.
Wood, the 1998 NL Rookie of the Year, has been on the disabled list since the start of the regular season with tendinitis in his right shoulder.
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