Best record in the NL- I'll take it!

He threw a lot of two seamers over the heart of the plate. I'm just glad they missed them.

That's why I say he was tricking guys. He did a nice job of going with fastballs in breaking ball counts and breaking balls in fastball counts. Even a sub-standard pitcher doesn't need much of a timing advantage to draw enough weak contact to survive for 6 innings. They were missing mediocre 2-seamers because his pitch sequencing was unconventional.

He'll get away with that for a few weeks. But he can't live on that forever. He'll either need to sharpen up more (seems a big ask at his age) or they'll start to strafe him once they decipher his 'new' pattern of pitching backwards.

Maybe he can reinvent ala Greinke. My biggest worry is that he pitches just well enough that they justify him for a postseason start when that kind of stuff rarely plays well in big stakes games.

Best in MLB you mean? :D

My homerism is finally correct. ROFL

Well, they'd better keep it up. Goddamn Cubs just keep winning as well. Up 9-0 against the useless ass Mariners in the 6th. :grr:

Good night. Mikolas pitched well, and they beat Scherzer.

Gotta enjoy these streaks.

I'm starting to really enjoy baseball again. :thumb:

Matheny about sucked the fun out of it for me.

We've got the Cubs this weekend.

Need to make a statement. %(/

hopefully Carp gets the day off tomorrow. This weekend would be a good one to start that eventual hot streak.

Not exactly our best matchups at Wrigley

Flaherty vs. Hendricks
Wacha vs. Darvish
Waino vs. Quintana

Matt Holliday has been reincarnated as Hunter Dozier.

They've got Strausberg to beat today. Hopefuly Carp doesn't see the field. Fowler was hot before they sat him. I'm sure that's over now

Do we have the Cubs at home or away? I want two of three if at home and at least win one if away.

The series this weekend is in Chicago, I think.