Cards carpet bomb Burnett

[chancellor]

Vin Mazzaro's performance in 2011 has to be worse:

2.1 IP, 11 hits, 14 ER, 3 BB, 2 Ks

One of my best fantasy misses ever - I had picked up Mazzaro two weeks before and forgot to put him in my lineup.

[Ryno84MVP]

No starting pitcher had ever given up 12 earned runs in fewer than three innings since earned runs became an official statistic in 1912. Nine other pitchers gave up 11 in less than three innings, the most recent being Gio Gonzalez for Oakland against Minnesota on July 20, 2009.

http://bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/05/06/mariano-rivera-injury-throws-curve-east-teams/M2za9aJsAUMRcb1BWssdML/story.html

[Ryno84MVP]

It's time to give AJ some love...

Burnett went 3-0 with a 1.57 ERA in his other five May starts. He gave up just six earned runs and 27 hits in 34-1/3 innings with 25 strikeouts and eight walks. His ERA from May 3rd until the end of the month was the third-best in MLB. He has also allowed two runs or less in five consecutive starts.