PHOENIX — Chad Bettis pitched two very big innings Sunday against Milwaukee at Maryvale Baseball Park.
Two innings? In a Cactus League game? What’s the big deal?
Here’s the big deal: Spring training exhibition or not, Sunday marked the right-hander’s first game at the major-league level since he was diagnosed with testicular cancer and had surgery Nov. 29.
“This was a huge step, but I’m just taking it a day at a time — still,” said Bettis, who has designs on being a workhorse in the Rockies’ rotation this season. “It was a lot of fun today.