Now that is what I have been wanting to see. My top 300 win list pitchers, pitching like they are going to win 300 games. Earlier in the week Greinke throws a gem and now the good Doctor does the same.
Greinke threw his against the powerful Angels. Halladay threw his against the even mightier NY Yankees. The only guy to get a hit off Doc was the least likely source, Pena who was substituting for Derek Jeter to give him a rare night off. Halladay struck out nine batters as he hurled the 6-0 complete game shutout. For Doc it represented a turn in fortune after stumbling for the past few starts. Nothing like a one hitter to get the confidence back. Roy has now won 14 games on the season and 145 in his career.
Justin Verlander continues to pitch well for the first place Tigers. In a battle with the Rays Verlander pitched eight solid innings allowing only one earned run and giving up four hits over that span. He collected another 7 K's to run his total on the season to 222. He picked up his 16th win on the year and career win #62.
Jered Weaver built once again on his solid campaign with a great performance against the hapless Royals. In a strange turn of events the Royals outhit the Angels 11-3 but lost the game 2-1. If the Royals could ever figure out how to get clutch hitting they may have a much different record. That being said Weaver did pick up in #14 and is now just one win shy of #50.
Albert Pujols hit HR #43 and RBI's totaling 116 last night. He now sits with 362 HR, just 338 away from 700. His power along with a 2HR/5 RBI night from Ryan Ludwick and another HR from the hard swinging Matt Holliday made Adam Wainwright the big leagues 1st 17 game winner. The Cards are looking very impressive indeed.
All in all it was a good night for my 300 club. It is always a good night when the Yankees lose, right?
A real good night when Yankees lose.
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