Michael Wacha is the latest St. Louis Cardinals pitching wunderkind. He came into last night's game against the Dodgers with a 7-0 record and for the first five innings, he owned the Dodgers. He carried a no hitter into the sixth inning and the Dodgers possessed a 42 inning road scoreless streak. Wacha lost his no hitter and a precarious 1-0 lead as the Dodgers scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning, the last three coming on Yasmani Grandal's two out, three run homerun. The Dodgers only managed three hits off of Wacha but three walks and timely hitting lead them to the victory.
When I saw the pitching matchup of Wacha versus Carlos Frias, I did not like the Dodgers chances. Frias settled down after a shaky first inning when he gave up an unearned run and pitched seven solid innings, getting his fourth win. The Dodgers really needed him to produce and he pitched deep into the game, saving a few bullpen arms in the process.
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