Jake Peavy showed on Saturday that a pitcher can both record a high number of strikeouts and still pitch efficiently. He recorded the first nine inning complete game of the season as he limited the Dodgers to two hits, one walk and one run. Peavy struck out eight, but only threw 116 pitches, about 13 per inning. He threw 69 percent of his pitches for strikes. With 36 called balls to 30 batters, he averaged just 1.2 balls per batter.

(Suddenly, the Dodgers were not half the men they used to be.)

Peavy has yet to allow a hit this year with runners on base.