Coleman, Soto & Marshall

I didn’t have high expectations for Casey Coleman entering Monday’s game against the division leading Brewers.

But he easily pitched his best game of the year tossing 6 innings of 1 run, 2 hit baseball with a career-high 8 punchouts against a very tough Milwaukee lineup.

It must be a huge confidence booster for the 24-year-old considering he hadn’t won a game with the Cubs in four months and entered Monday’s contest with an unsightly 7.08 ERA.

One solid start doesn’t make a season, but for Coleman, it buys him another start to prove he’s of major league caliber on the mound.

The next obvious step is showing consistency to string together quality starts, which thus far, he’s failed miserably to do so.