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Stull gets start for Brewers
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- Everett Stull,
welcome back to the big
leagues.
With the Brewers pitching
ranks growing thinner by the
day, Stull was recalled from
Class AAA and will make his
first Major League appearance
since Sept. 30, 2000, in the
Brewers' afternoon tilt against
the Cubs at Wrigley Field. It
will be his first start since May
4, 2000 against Arizona.
Right-hander Paul Rigdon,
who suffered a setback in a
rehabilitation start last week,
was moved to the 60-day disabled list to clear room on the Brewers' 40-man roster. To
get Stull on the 25-man roster, someone will have to be optioned down before the game.
Stull, a 30-year-old right-hander, was 3-2 with a 2.58 ERA in six starts for the
Indianapolis Indians this season and is 2-4 with a 6.66 ERA in 24 Major League games
with Montreal, Atlanta and Milwaukee. He was 2-3 and posted a 5.82 ERA in 20 games,
four starts, for the Brewers in 2000.
Last August while on the roster at Class AA Huntsville, Stull
started the Hall of Fame Game, a Brewers exhibition against
Florida at Cooperstown, N.Y. Milwaukee won the game and
Stull was named Most Valuable Player for his seven-inning,
one-hit performance. In his last Triple-A start, which came May
3 against Baltimore's affiliate in Rochester, Stull had a
no-decision in a 2-1 win. He pitched seven innings and
allowed five hits and one run with three walks and six strikeouts.
Stull's start Friday is in place of Nelson Figueroa, who went to the DL this week after
suffering a sprained ankle shagging balls during batting practice in Cincinnati.
Milwaukee, which has five pitchers on the DL including starters Figueroa and Jamey
Wright, may have lost another in a 9-4 win at Chicago on Thursday. Ben Sheets
improved to 4-0 in his career against the Cubs but exited with back spasms in the
seventh inning while legging out a ground ball.
Sheets' back was so locked up that the medical staff couldn't determine the exact
problem. He was to be re-evaluated on Friday.
The Cubs also made a roster move prior to Friday's game. Second base prospect Bobby
Hill was called-up to the big league club and pitcher Carlos Zambrano went to the 15-day
DL. The Cubs are high on Hill, and they let free-agent veteran second baseman Eric
Young go to the Brewers last winter. Young has a .183 batting average and .275
on-base percentage with his new club.
Adam McCalvy covers the Brewers for MLB.com. This story was not subject to
vapproval by Major League Baseball or its clubs.
