Yesterday the Denver Brewers earned their 100th win of the 1980 season. This makes it seven straight seasons in which they have won at least that many games. (Yes, I have mixed feelings about this- I am both simultaneously pleased and somewhat embarrassed to report this reality.)
In winning their 100th, they also saw rookie left-handed starting pitcher
Austin Bond improve to 17-6 with a 3.44 ERA. Coming into Spring Training this year
Bond wasn't even expected to crack the 25-man Opening Day roster. Obviously he has exceeded expectations by a bit. Veteran closer
Tim Shore earned his 25th save (in 27 opportunities) and has a 1.15 ERA.
Shore's next save will be the 300th of his career, which has a chance to land him in the Hall of Fame someday.
The day before another young Brewer starter got the win.
Bryant Cox, who was 3-7 with a 4.53 ERA in 1979, his first extended stay on the big league club, improved to 18-6 with a 3.58 ERA with his win on Wednesday. He was mostly quite good in this game, although he did groove a pitch to Baltimore center fielder Mike Schimmel, who did this:
Wait, what? Okay, that's a bit silly but whatever. (EDIT: I should probably have highlighted the relevant portion here- but check out the distance on Schimmel's homer and you will see what I am talking about.)
The Brewers now have an 8 1/2 game lead over San Francisco with 16 games remaining.