Keider Montero locked in and produced his best start of the year for the Toledo Mud Hens on Thursday. We also saw Matt Manning come out of the bullpen for the first time. That went well. On the downside, the offense didn’t have a much better night at the plate than the Cubs did, but it was enough.
Montero was perfect through 5 2⁄3 innings of work. It was a chilly night, and Montero came out attacking with his fastball and didn’t let off the gas pedal. He mixed in his slider, curve, and changeup more and more as he went along, and retired 17 straight on just 56 pitches.