Burnett Lifts Zulu Nation's Hopes For Getting Out of Last

How lovely is this...when I first heard it I thought that the Jays were nuts to let him go out and do this, but looking at the details, it certainly was not a problem (from rotoworld.com):
In just his second start back from the disabled list, A.J. Burnett pitched
a complete-game shutout Tuesday against the Nationals. Burnett needed to throw just 92 pitches to notch his ninth career shutout. No matter how good his stuff was, it's criminal that the Nationals didn't at all try to work the count against a pitcher who hadn't gone more than six innings in an outing this year. All six hits Burnett surrendered were singles. He struck out seven and walked none. Jun. 27 - 9:53 pm et







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