The Brewers are having so much fun right now that they are making up silly names for pitches. Chris Capuano used his changeup to shutout the Nationals 3-0 last night at Miller Park although manager Ned Yost gave the pitch a different moniker. He dubbed it "Funky McNasty," something the nine Nat strikeout victims would certainly agree with after Monday's drubbing. Geoff Jenkins accounted for all the scoring with a three-run, second inning home run against Matt Chico who pitched well enough for a no-decision, at least, but left with his fourth loss. It was Capuano's fifth win and "Funky McNasty" has yet to run into a team it couldn't beat.
- Chris Young doesn't have any colorfully named pitches but they worked just as well as Capuano's in a 4-2 win against the Braves. The 6'10" Friar struck out eight in six innings and was touched for just two hits to pick up his fourth win of the year. Adrian Gonzalez hit his ninth homer of the year for the Pods and the Braves helped by walking in one run and allowing a second on a throwing error.
- Brad Penny continued the trend of strong starts on a Monday night by fanning a career-best 14 Marlins in a 6-1 Dodger win. The former Floridian didn't allow a run in his seven innings either, slicing his ERA to 1.39 while upping his record to 4-0. No Dodger had struck out that many batters since Chan Ho Park whiffed 14 back in 2000 and any record set when Park was a useful pitcher may have well been in black and white. It was also the first time a Dodger had K'd 14 and walked none since Sandy Koufax's perfect game in 1966 so Mazel Tov to Brad Penny.
- Roy Oswalt gave up a pair of solo home runs in seven innings against Cincinnati and improved to 19-1 against them in his career in the 5-4 Astro win. The two homers put the 'Stros in a 2-0 hole after two but Houston rallied to tie and Luke Scott hit a three-run homer off reliever Todd Coffey to open up a lead that even a shaky inning from Dan Wheeler couldn't put asunder.
- And in non-pitching news, Travis Hafner hit a grand slam, Jhonny Peralta connected for his seventh homer and the Indians scored nine runs in the final three innings to beat the Orioles 10-1 in a Monday matinee. Fausto Carmona, just recalled for the ailing Jake Westbrook, pitched seven innings for the win but the big news was the late-arriving but thunder producing bats of the Wigwammers.
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