Out of 14 games played last night, six ended in shutouts. While four of them were team efforts, two of them were full-blown pitcher shutouts. Chris Tillman of the Orioles gave up five hits and struck out three while blanking the Royals and the Blue Jays’ Drew Hutchison gave up three hits, struck out six and walked one while keeping the Rangers off the scoreboard.
In the bulllpen-aided shutouts, Alfredo Simon tossed seven and two-thirds scoreless innings against the Phillies, Max Scherzer did it against the Red Sox through six innings that were interrupted by a 47-minute rain delay, Zack Greinke tamed the Diamondbacks through eight and Chris Archer handled the Angels for five and two-thirds before letting the bullpen finish the job.
The 1960s are fun, aren’t they?
Your Friday box scores:
Brewers 4, Cubs 3
Athletics 11, Indians 1
Reds 3, Phillies 0
Nationals 5, Mets 2
Tigers 1, Red Sox 0
Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0
Orioles 4, Royals 0
White Sox 7, Astros 2
Mariners 4, Twins 5
Cardinals 5, Braves 2
Rockies 3, Padres 1
Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 0
Rays 3, Angels 0
Marlins 7, Giants 5
Pirates vs. Yankees: POSTPONED
