No Laboring for Carpenter

Chris Carpenter twirls an impressive nine against the Brewers, winning 3 to 0. The right hander struck out ten, giving up just one hit while throwing just 99 pitches for the complete game shutout of Milwaukee. Albert Pujols homered for the National League Central leading Cards.

Carpenter is making a late run at Tim Lincecum for the NL Cy Young award. He sits at 16 and 3 with 129 K's to 30 BB. He has a 2.16 ERA and a WHIP of .97. Lincecum is 13 and 5 with a 2.34 ERA and WHIP of 1.02. He has a clear advantage over Carpenter in K's with 233 on the season.