By Matt Veto, mveto@qconline.com

I was too busy watching a no-hitter unfold at Modern Woodmen Park during this disgusting game, so unfortunately, I missed Rich Harden throwing over 90 pitches in three innings of work.

WOW! That’s a lot of pitches. Feel free to mix in a groundball out.

Always fun to see one of your most talented starters give up a two-run single to a pitcher — not to mention a pitcher that used to wear Cubs pin stripes. Jason Marquis… I don’t think anyone should be surprised that he came back and got a win in his return outing against his former team.

This goes to show, I think that Marquis really is not that bad of a starter. He was a very good No. 5 for the Cubs. He is a lot of team’s No. 4 starters, and still a No. 3 quality starter for others (like the team he’s on, for instance). Colorado is not an easy place to pitch, though, so his overall value in Mile-High land will remain to be seen.

Like to see Dave Patton have a decent game. Hasn’t pitch above A ball in his life and he’s on a Major League roster. That’s a pretty good story. Have patience with this fella.

I guess I’ll leave this one up to you guys? What did you see? Who was brutal? Who was OK? Did anyone fall over the railing chasing a foul ball like that guy back in Milwaukee? How did I forget to bring that up last blog? That was nothing short of hilarious.

In other baseball news, an old guy in Boston had a no hitter into the 8th inning. Oh, and he throws around 70 MPH. It’s pretty amazing that a knuckleballer like Tim Wakefield could nearly throw a no hitter. He mystified the A’s. Tip of the cap to him.

Also, Chris Carpenter is hurt in St. Louis. This coming a day after an AP story in the paper noted he could pass his 2008 innings-pitched mark in Wednesday’s game. Now he’s on the DL.

Cardinals fans… no more Kerry Wood, Mark Prior jabs, OK?