Ex-Charleston Southern pitcher Tyler Thornburg expected to make MLB debut tonight

  • BY JEFF HARTSELL
    jhartsell@postandcourier.com
  • Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 1:49 p.m.
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Former Charleston Southern pitcher Tyler Thornburg is expected to make his Major League Baseball debut tonight for the Milwaukee Brewers, various outlets are reporting today.

Thornburg, a third-round draft pick in 2010, is 8-1 with a 3.00 earned run average this season for the Brewer’ Class AA team in Huntsville, Ala. He was set to pitch in the Southern League All-Star game tonight.

But with Brewers pitcher Shaun Marcum sidelined with a sore elbow, the club needs an emergency starter for tonight’s game against visiting Toronto, set for 8:10 p.m.

That pitcher will be Thornburg, reports indicate, though the Brewers had yet to announce a starter as of early this afternoon.

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