With that performance, Cueto deserves his own thread...

[Kingspoint]

In honor of Johnny Cueto's first career shutout, here's the current active-leader list:

Roy Halladay.......17
Chris Carpenter.......13
CC Sabathia.......11
Tim Hudson.......11
Jamie Moyer.......10
A.J. Burnett.......9
Mark Buehrle.......8
Livan Hernandez.......8
John Lackey.......8
Randy Wolf.......8
Dontrelle Willis.......8
Javier Vazquez.......7
Jeff Weaver.......7
Aaron Harang.......6
Jon Garland.......6
Roy Oswalt.......6
Tim Wakefield.......6
Johan Santana.......6
Brian Moehler......6

[Vottomatic]

Amazing that he threw 103 pitches exactly one month ago versus the Pirates and only lasted 5 innings.

This time he throws 103 pitches and gets the complete game shutout.

I finally saw that play by Janish. That was a hit all the way. Even if he'd gotten to it, he had to go so far to get it, the throw wouldn't have been made in time to get the runner. Maybe w/ Cabrera's "veteran" experience, he would have lined up in a different spot and made the play, though. You never know. There's way too much irony here.

"Best Game Score since Browning's Perfect Game, and same as Braden's Perfect Game".....Wow!

Watching the REDS is a lot of fun this year (and probably the next several years).

Amazing.

[Griffey012]

Maybe nobody should attend Cueto's next start in GABP. Maybe he just likes pitching in front of 2k.

[bounty37h]

That was impressive. To bad it was infront of 2k ppl instead of at Great American.

Where it would have been 3k J/k, sort of. Great job by Cueto, and the team, as others have said, hope this goes viral and everyone is infected by the effort and wins; makes the game more fun, relaxes the players, which makes winning more likely....The smiles in the dugout lately have been very noticeable.

[jredmo2]

Did anyone else notice that Cueto's velocity was down much of the ballgame? For the most part he stayed around 90-91. But it's not like he just didn't have his velocity because I saw him ratchet up to 95 a few times in the middle of the game. I wonder if he's taking a page from Leake and sacrificing a few MPH in the name of better command? The best part was, the movement was as good or even better on the 90-91 fastballs as it was on the 95 ones.

[mattfeet]

He was throwing 95 in the 8th inning still.


-Matt

[Jack Burton]

Outstanding performance, congrats on the great work and I'm sure we all hope it continues.

[bounty37h]

Outstanding performance, congrats on the great work and I'm sure we all hope it continues.

Doesnt that feel good