A 5-0 record and an American League-leading 2.05 ERA in August gave Ricky Romero his first career Pitcher of the Month Award on Tuesday, while Cliff Lee of the Phillies took home his fifth monthly award -- his second in the National League.
Lee becomes the first Phillies pitcher to win the monthly award twice in the same season, also winning it in June. He accomplished the two-for feat once previously, winning the award in April and August of 2008 when he was with the Indians. Lee also took the award home in June of last year when he was with the Mariners.
Like Romero, Lee was also a perfect 5-0 last month, and Lee had a phenomenal 0.45 ERA -- the lowest among qualifying Major League starters -- after allowing just two earned runs over 39 2/3 innings pitched. That's following a June performance where Lee went 5-0 with a 0.21 ERA in June, making him the first pitcher in Major League history to have two months in one season with at least five wins, zero losses and an ERA less than 0.50.
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