Brownlie One Strike Away From No-Hitter
Cubs’ Brownlie barely misses no-no (Sean Kernan, Daytona Beach News-Journal, 6/23/2003)
Reader Buck alerted me to this last night: Cubs 2002 1st round draft pick Bobby Brownlie almost threw a no-hitter on Sunday for the Daytona Cubs against Vero Beach, albeit in a 7-inning game (Daytona was scheduled to play a double-header, thus the 7-inning game). He had 2 strikes on Willy Aybar with 2 outs in the 7th when Aybar hit a double. As it was, Brownlie recorded his first professional shutout. He walked 1 while striking out 4.
All-in-all, a pretty nice day for Cubs pitching on Sunday. Carlos Zambrano, Juan Cruz for Iowa, Jae Kuk Ryu for Lansing, and Brownlie were all amazing.