Five days ago I was touting the pitching exploits of Chris Carpenter.He has been great up to this point this season, yesterday he was at a completely different level. He joined the short lsit of pitchers hurling one hitters over the last week.
Carpenter is now putting together an incredible season. His record of 16-3 is by far the best pitching record of the season. He has lowered his ERA to 2.16 and has won eight of his last nine starts. His other outing was a no decision. In those last nine starts he has only allowed more than 2 runs twice. Sometimes the word "dominant is overused" but in this case, Chris Carpenter is dominant. In his start yesterday he pitched a complete game, striking out 10 and threw less than 100 pitches.
I am envisioning a playoff match-up with the Giants. The first night is Tim Lincecum vs. Chris Carpenter and the second game will have Matt Cain vs. Adam Wainwright. Wow, that would be a couple of outstanding, low scoring games.
It was nice to see Mark Buehrle finally get back in the win column as he outpitched the struggling Red Sox. In a head to head tilt against Josh Beckett, Buehrle picked up his first win since his perfect game. How could a guy throw a perfect game and then have to wait almost two months before picking up another win? Hard to fathom, but he now has 134 career victories.
There is a bus leaving town Chris at 3:00 be under it. That is pretty much how the Jays treated him. It just goes to show sometimes how a change of venue can ignite a spark.
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