Kazmir Out Early, Rays' Bullpen Stifles Cubs

The Cubs lost a close one in Tampa. Troy Percival almost blew it, but the set-up guys were solid.

Percival did manage to nail down the save, when a Reed Johnson bunt was bare-handed and thrown to first by Evan Longoria. Willie Aybar made a nice pick-up of a waist-high hop, held on to the ball as Johnson bumped into him, showed it to the ump, and the Rays celebrated.

I already posted some stuff on Troy Percival, as well as Scott Kazmir and tomorrow's starter for the Rays, Andy Sonnanstine. I'll have a look at tonight's pitching tomorrow. Dempster worked his way in and out of jams, so that's something that I'll include, assuming I find something worth including.