Yusmeiro Petit almost perfect

     Yusmeiro Petit of the San Francisco Giants almost through a perfect game versus the Diamondbacks. He settled for a one hit shutout. Eric Chavez hit a two out single in the ninth inning to break up the perfecto. As disappointing as it is, Petit now knows that he has what it takes to shut down hitters for nine innings. The 28-year-old struck out seven in the game and has a 2.05 ERA this season. 72% of his pitches were strikes by the way. Not bad.

Matt Harvey shuts out Rockies for first career Complete Game

     Having a four hit shutout as your first complete game is pretty nice, which is what Matt Harvey has now after the Mets beat the Rockies 5-0 on six strikeouts and no walks. Harvey now leads the big leagues in WHIP.

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Anibal Sanchez One Hit Shutout of Twins

Anibal Sanchez carried a no hitter into the ninth inning of last night's Twins-Tigers game.  Joe Mauer ended up hitting a single, the Twins' only hit.
So Anibal settled for the one-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts, as the Tigers won 6-0.