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Baseball Musings
April 14, 2007
Chicago Shutouts

The Cubs and White Sox came out at different ends of a shutout today. The Cubs stopped Cincinnati cold, blowing out the Reds 7-0. Rich Hill walked four but only allowed three hits as he kept the Reds in check for seven innings. That brings his ERA down to 0.64, and two shutout innings from the bullpen lowers their ERA to 3.10. In 29 innings, the pen struck out 36 batters, including four today.

Out in Cleveland, the Indians' Paul Byrd appeared for the first time this season and gave the Tribe six shutout innings. Byrd's not a big strikeout pitcher, but he delivered five today. So far, the closer role fits Borowski as he picks up his fourth save in four opportunities.


Posted by David Pinto at 04:01 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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David -

Although it's technically correct for the purposes of official records that this is Paul Byrd's first appearance, he was tossing a no-hitter (4BB) against the Angels (IIRC) before the game was called one strike away from being official due to snow.

Posted by: Jeff B. at April 14, 2007 04:30 PM

Congrats to Chicago for winning the 2016 USOC Olympic bid, too.

Posted by: Adam Villani at April 14, 2007 06:03 PM
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