Before I had a chance to look at the boxscore, I'm getting comments about Ben Sheets' great performance today. That's what I love about my readers, they really keep me on my toes!

Sheets did indeed pitch the game of his life. A complete game three hitter, one walk, and 18 strikeouts! Nick Green, the replacement for Giles, was the only starter who didn't K against Ben. What's really great about the performance is that Sheets did it very efficiently. He threw 116 pitches; that's 13 per inning. Only 25 pitches were called balls; that's less than 1 per batter. At least that says to me there likely weren't many foul balls in that game, at least not with two strikes.

The game score was 94, which according to this chart on ESPN.com would be the highest game score of the season. Sheets has really come into his own this year. Entering today, his K per 9 was 2.0 over his career average; that's leading to his allowing fewer hits than innings pitched for the first time in his career. And for the first time in years, the Brewers have a true ace on their staff.