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July 14, 2007 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Quad Cities River Bandits News Release


Nine-year major league veteran Wade Miller will pitch against the Swing of the Quad Cities on Sunday, as the Chicago Cubs announced on Saturday that the former Quad City River Bandit will throw 40-50 pitches in a rehab start with the Peoria Chiefs.

The ballgame is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. start at Peoria's O'Brien Field, as the Swing and Chiefs finish out a four-game series on Sunday afternoon.

Miller, who is 62-46 with a 4.10 ERA over 151 career appearances (147 starts) in the major leagues, opened the year in the Chicago Cubs starting rotation. After posting a 10.54 ERA and an 0-1 record through three starts, he was placed on the Disabled List with back spasms on April 23. He made three rehab starts at the Double-A and Triple-A levels in late May before eventually being shut down, and the Cubs transferred him from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL on June 26.

This marks the second season in a row in which the Swing will face Miller, who made five rehab starts with the Chiefs in 2006. The first of those contests was against Quad Cities on June 22, when the 30-year-old from Reading, Pennsylvania tossed three shutout innings while fanning three and allowing three hits.

After being selected by the Houston Astros in the 20th round of the 1996 draft out of Alvernia College, Miller spent four seasons in the minors before making his big-league debut in 1999. That included a stint with the Quad City River Bandits in 1997, when Miller went 5-3 with a 3.36 ERA and two complete games in 10 appearances (eight starts).

TICKETS: Tickets for all events at John O'Donnell Stadium can be purchased by calling the Swing of the Quad Cities ticket office at (563) 328-2000, coming to the box office located at the stadium along South Gaines Street, or by logging on to www.swingbaseball.com.

UP NEXT: The Swing take on Ryne Sandberg and the Peoria Chiefs in a four-game, home-and-home that includes Saturday night's ballgame in Davenport. All Swing games feature a radio broadcast that can be heard on WKBF AM-1270 or online at www.swingbaseball.com, with the pre-game show starting 15 minutes prior to scheduled first pitch. UPCOMING PROMOTIONS: Ryne Sandberg and the Peoria Chiefs will be at John O'Donnell Stadium on Saturday!!! Get to the ballpark early, as the first 800 fans through the gates will pick up a Justin Morneau bobblehead doll thanks to U.S. Cellular, FOX-18, Mediacom, WOC, and the Dispatch-Argus!!!

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