Thursday, April 11, 2013

HBT: Westbrook SO punctuates Cards' rout of Reds

Cardinals sinkerballer Jake Westbrook recorded just the second complete game of the 2013 season Wednesday in a 10-0 rout of the Reds. It was his fourth career shutout.

Westbrook pitched a five-hitter for his first shutout since 2006. He had two that year while pitching for the Indians: one against the Royals, the other against the Angels.

After giving up nine runs in the ninth and losing 13-4 on Monday, the Cardinals came back to win the next last games in the series against their NL Central rivals, outscoring the Reds 15-1 in the process. Jon Jay, Carlos Beltran, Matt Adams and Matt Carpenter all homered today.

There were eight days without a complete game in between Clayton Kershaw?s Opening Day shutout of the Giants and Westbrook?s shutout today, which is pretty extreme even in this day and age. There were 128 complete games in MLB last year, 13 of which came in April.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/10/jake-westbrook-pitches-first-shutout-since-2006/related/

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