Wood Has Another Solid Outing

Kerry Wood pitched one inning for class A Peoria on Thursday night. He threw 12 pitches, struck out two batters and allowed one hit. Jim Hendry will be at Wood's next appearance, Friday (tonight), to evaluate Wood. If Woodie feels good tomorrow expect him to be moved up to AA or AAA and make a few more appearances. He won't be making many, if he stays healthy and reports no pain the Cubs will activate him soon.

"This is going to be a first real step toward seeing where you are really at," said Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, who planned to be in Peoria tonight to watch Wood. "Once you go back to back and feel good the next day, then you can readjust and maybe look at it a little differently as far as what it might take to get him back here. The day after will be just as important or more important than the actual event (tonight)."