Cade Horton handled his second New York City traffic jam Saturday much better than his first. After sitting through a 90-minute bus ride to the ballpark, Horton twice worked out of trouble against the New York Mets' best hitters to win his major league debut for the Chicago Cubs.

Two pitches propelled Cade Horton to his status as the Cubs' top pitching prospect \-\- his 95-plus mph fastball and his wipeout slider. But the one pitch that told the story of his MLB debut wasn't either of those.

Cade Horton knew pretty quickly something was up. Triple-A Iowa pitching coach Tony Cougoule summoned Horton from his Toledo, Ohio, hotel room to head up to manager Marty Pevey’s room because he had been named the league’s pitcher of the month.