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Brandon Morrow (9-6, 4.45 ERA), Toronto Blue Jays
We’ve had five no-hitters and two (really should be three) perfect games this season and you could still make an argument that Brandon Morrow’s 17-strikeout, one-hit performance last week was the most dominant start from a pitcher this year.
The first-year Blue Jay is 4-0 in his last four trips to the hill and Toronto is 6-2 in his last eight appearances.
Clay Buchholz (13-5, 2.49 ERA), Boston Red Sox
Don’t worry about Josh Beckett’s slow death on the pitcher’s mound, Red Sox backers. You’ve got a new and improved front-of-the-rotation talent ready to take over Beckett’s spot.
Buchholz has pitched at least seven innings in each of his last four outings, owns 1.48 ERA and has wins over the Yankees, Blue Jays and Angels over the four-game stretch. The Sox are 4-0 during his hot streak and he was an underdog in three of those contests.
Slumping
Tommy Hunter (9-1, 3.38 ERA), Texas Rangers
Hunter has hit a bit of a snag recently after a perfect beginning to the year. He lost his first decision of the campaign three starts ago and got a no-decision last week after giving up four runs in three innings of work against Boston.
MLB.com reported that Hunter battled a stomach bug in that start against the Sox and threw up in dugout between innings.
Scott Olsen (3-4, 5.11 ERA), Washington Nationals
This big lefty has put up back to back stinkers and you have to wonder if he’d still have a spot on a big league rotation if he were pitching for any other team besides the Nationals.
The former Marlin prospect allowed seven runs on eight hits over 1 2/3 innings last week against Florida and the brutally-bad Diamondbacks tagged him for five runs in less than six innings before that.
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