Ubaldo Jimenez allowed one run on eight hits to improve to 13-1 on the season in Colorado's 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.
Jimenez's earned-run average dropped to 1.15 and the 26-year-old Dominican is off to the best start by a pitcher since Roger Clemens went 14-0 in 1986.
The Toronto Blue Jays are the only team so far this season to score three runs off Jimenez, although the Rockies still won that contest.
Ryan Spilborghs hit a two-run homer and Troy Tulowitzki added an RBI-triple and two runs for the Rockies, who avoided a three-gamesweep in front of 40,741 fans at Target Field. Tulowitzki left the game in the eighth inning after being hit by a pitch.
The highly anticipated matchup against fellow Dominican Francisco Liriano (6-4) wasn't even close. Liriano allowed three runs on five hits with three walks and six strikeouts in seven innings for the Twins.
Not a bad line on most days. Not nearly good enough against Jimenez, who became just the second pitcher in the last 80 years towin at least 13 of his first 14 starts, according to STATS LLC. Clemens went 13-0 in 1986 and Lefty Gomez also went 13-1 for the Yankees in 1932.
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