With Lee going to Texas and throwing a complete game while giving up 6 runs, Felix came to the mound and threw a better one. Sure, 10 hits were scattered, but the King only gave up 1 run, a couple of walks and struck out 9. Felix appears to be in line with his dominant stuff of last year, and while his slump may have lasted a little longer this time, it will be nice if he can maintain and maybe pitch his way to the Cy this year. Wins-wise, he's a bit down the list, but he's in the top 10 categories in ERA (2.88, ranked 7th), strikeouts (131, ranked second) complete games (4, ranked second and this should actually be 5 since he pitched 9+ innings in a game that went into extra innings), WHIP (1.15, tied for 10th), Opponents batting average (.228, tied for 10th). He's tied for the lead with 19 games started and 1 shutout thrown, but he leads the league in inning's pitched with 137.2.
Meanwhile, Lopez hit his second grand slam of the season and got the King all the runs he would need. Lopez started slow this season, but maybe he's making the turn.
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Another great outing for Felix. With Lee gone, he's the M's only bonafide ace now.
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