Corbin Burnes on Tuesday struck out 10 in six spotless innings, extending his incredible start to the season, as the Milwaukee Brewers blanked the short-handed San Diego Padres 6-0.
After four starts this year, Burnes has an unimaginable 40 strikeouts and no walks. He was already the only pitcher since 1900 to whiff 30 batters without issuing a free pass through his first three starts of a season.
“I have heard it from everyone in the clubhouse, so it is kind of hard to escape it right now,” Burnes said. “We will kind of reflect on it tonight and enjoy it, and then we are back at it tomorrow.”
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Billy McKinney homered to spark a five-run third against Chris Paddack that included a two-run double by Travis Shaw and a two-run single from Omar Narvaez.
McKinney also made a diving catch in left field that likely saved two runs.
“It feels good keeping the game at zero right there,” McKinney said. “Just how well [Burnes] did, he deserved to put up a zero after his performance tonight.”
Jace Peterson went deep in the ninth against his original team.
Burnes (2-1), a native of Bakersfield, California, lowered his ERA to a miniscule 0.37. He gave up four hits against a lineup missing Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr.
Three relievers finished the six-hitter.
San Diego have dropped six of eight.
Milwaukee batted around against Paddack (1-2) in the third. He lasted five innings, giving up five runs, four unearned, and five hits while striking out seven.
McKinney led off the third with a home run to center field. With one out, Burnes reached safely on a fielding error by second baseman Jurickson Profar. Four batters later, with two outs and the bases loaded, Shaw ripped a fastball into the right-field corner to make it 3-0.
Narvaez followed with a sharp single to score two more.
“We’ve got two outs and there is a whole bunch of good at-bats,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “The Padres are a good team. They have good pitching, too, and they have a tough lineup. So you come in here and take a couple of games, it is a good series. A chance to sweep a series tomorrow is as much as you can ask for, for sure.”
With two outs in the fourth and Padres runners at the corners, McKinney made a diving catch on a full sprint of a curling line drive near the left-field corner hit by Wil Myers.
“It jammed him pretty good, so it was hanging up in the air. So I thought [McKinney] had a chance and then when he laid out and caught it, it was by far the play of the year,” Burnes said.
“We definitely had to grind out the fourth and fifth innings. I kind of lost the feel for the breaking stuff, which made it tough to put some guys away,” he added.
In other games on Tuesday, it was:
‧ Athletics 7, Twins 0 (game 1)
‧ Athletics 1, Twins 0 (game 2)
‧ Mariners 0, Dodgers 1
‧ Royals 7, Rays 14
‧ Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 2
‧ Indians 5, White Sox 8
‧ Yankees 3, Braves 1
‧ Marlins 5, Orioles 7
‧ Giants 10, Phillies 7
‧ Nationals 3, Cardinals 2
‧ Cubs 3, Mets 1
‧ Rockies 6, Astros 2
‧ Angels 6, Rangers 2
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