Last week, we were asking, "Who is Jeff Karstens?" Now, I guess a better question is, "Is Jeff Karstens for real?".
Pirates hurler Jeff Karstens took a perfect game into the eighth inning against Arizona today. He finished the game with a two-hit shutout. Oh, for good measure, he also hit two singles and scored a run.
This was Karstens’ second start this year (and second overall in the NL, his past two years were spent with the Yankees). His first start was against the Cubs when he pitched six scoreless innings. Karstens got the win in that game though it didn’t prevent some people (most likely Cub fans) to express some sour grapes skepticism that he didn’t have great stuff due to lack of control.
No one can argue that Karstens was on his game today. In addition to the two hits, he only allowed one walk.
Pirates blog Bucs Dugout has the run down on today’s game.