8th inning specialist Andrew Cashner was the starter. He's beginning his move from the bullpen to the 5-man rotation, so he was working with a pitch limit.
Cashner threw 47 pitches, giving up 1 run and striking out 5 in 2 1/3 innings. He's being optioned to Double-A San Antonio to get a few starts and build up his arm strength. Cashner is a starter by trade. He started for 3 years at TCU, and made his Major League debut with the Cubs last year as a member of the rotation.
Cashner injured his shoulder in that game, returned in September and has been a reliever ever since, but it likely won't take him long to get back to the point where he can go 6 or 7 innings again.
