Jose Fernandez Has Historic 10K Performance
Posted: Tue Jul 2, 2013 12:09 pm
Jose Fernandez led the Marlins to a win over the Padres on Monday night, striking out 10 batters in the process.
Fernandez pitched a career-high eight innings and allowed just two hits.
"After about four innings I was sitting there going, 'Man, we just need to get a run for this kid. He's got great stuff,'" Mike Redmond said. "He was overpowering some of their guys, and they weren't taking real good swings."
Fernandez improved to 3-1 with an ERA of 1.34 over his past six starts.
He is the third pitcher twenty or younger to have a game in which he struck out at least 10, allowed two hits or fewer, and one walk or fewer. The other two: Dwight Gooden (1984 at Expos) and Kerry Wood (1998 vs Astros).