Daisuke who?
Three words for you. King. Felix. Hernandez.
You won't believe this, but I'm not making this stat line up. Through 2 games;
17 IP, 4 hits, 4 walks, 0 runs, 18 strikeouts.
Matsuzaka VS. Ichiro in a battle of Japanese superstars, huh? Sorry, MLB.com, but you missed the headline on that one by a mile. I knew it would be a pitcher's duel... but damn.
While we are giving credit to great young arms, nice outing by Justin Verlander today as well, pitching 7 innings of shutout ball and allowing just 3 hits and 3 walks while striking out 5. Unfortunately for him, the super-cold Tiger's bats (led by my fantasy team's early season duds of Magglio Ordonez (.233) and Gary Sheffield (.103)) couldn't muster up any offense until the 12th inning, long after Verlander had left the game, giving him the undeserved no decision.
And hey, Vegas Dave may be extremely partial to young pitching, but props to Greg Maddux too! It only took the 40 year old who has been pitching in the big leagues since I was born 75 pitches to get through 6 innings of shutout ball, whiffing 6 in the process. Forgotten behind the live young arms of Peavy and Young, this old man may still have a few wins in him yet.
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