It went pretty well from the looks of things. He pitched 5 innings for the Hooks. He gave up 3 earned runs on 5 hits with 4 k's and 2 walks. He got the win.
Duman, in his awesomeness, has some details and links.
"I'm a professional and all but, hell, it's tough." Great quote. JD was surprised by the number of pitches Backe threw. He was expecting 30-40 but the article says the limit was 75 and he threw 77.
Backe makes his first rehab start tonight with a 75 pitch count limit
The Corpus paper said thats how far he would go yesterdayFrom yesterday's Minor News & Notes:
JD needs to do more homework.