Sabathia 9-0 in NL

August 31. CC Sabathia allowed just an infield single and struck out 11 in a complete-game shutout of the Pirates on Sunday. The hit was an infield roller from Andy LaRoche that Sabathia bobbled. LaRoche likely would have beaten it out anyway, but the Brewers are appealing the ruling and asking for the call to be changed to an error. In the very unlikely event that it's overturned, Sabathia would have his first career no-hitter. The big left-hander threw 117 more pitches today. Fortunately, he was able to turn in a quick ninth after entering the inning at 109, preventing him from going over 120 pitches for what would have been the fifth time since the beginning of July. He's 9-0 in 11 starts for the Brewers. Aug. 31 - 5:06 pm et

C.C. and Ziegler are both smoking!!

Two pitchers that we should be keeping an eye on are C.C. Sabathia, who is 6-0 with the Brewers and it looks like he might possibly help lead them into the playoffs and Brad Ziegler, a relief pitcher for the Oakland A's who has now thrown 37 consecutive scoreless innings to start his major league career.

Sabathia pitched a 5-hit complete game shutout against Washington, improving his record to 6-0 with his new club. He struck out nine and walked one, while lowering his ERA to 1.58. The Brewers are 5 games behind the Cubs, but are 3 1/2 games in front of the Mets for the wildcard sport.

Brad Ziegler closed out the game for the A's against the Tigers, pitching scoreless 8th and 9th innings, giving him a total of 37 consecutive scoreless innings, eclipsing Mike Torrez's A's record. Still quite a way from Hershiser's all time record of 59 innings. Quite amazing indeed because this is his first year in the big leagues and he has yet to allow a run. Let's see how far he can go.

INFO: The same Mike Torrez that gave up the HR to Bucky Dent in 1978. He was known for gopher balls, wasn't he. Who would have thought that Torrez would hold a record (A's) for consecutive scoreless innings pitched.