Matt Morris pitched another great game for the Giants last night. Unfortunately for Morris and the Giants, the offense couldn't muster a single run against Arizona and the Giants lost 1 to 0.
Morris pitched all 8 innings (the Diamondbacks didn't need the bottom of the 9th) and allowed 2 walks and 7 hits (including a solo home run to Chris Young for the only run of the game) while striking out 6.
Morris is now at 6-3 with a 2.51 ERA which is good for 4th in the National League. These numbers are a huge improvement over last year when Morris went 10-15 with a 4.98 ERA. 2006 was Morris' first year with the Giants after spending the first 8 seasons of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals. It was also the worst season of his career with the highest ERA of his career and the first year he ever finished a season with more losses than wins.
Detractors will say that Morris' strikeout to walk ratio is still poor this year and that his low ERA is a mirage. He currently has 41 strike outs to 28 walks for a 1.46 strikeouts/walk ratio which is far below his career strikeout/walk ratio of 2.44 and even below last seasons of 1.86!
Personally I don't put as much weight into these factors as some do. I'm still an ERA man myself. If you've got a 2.51 ERA you are doing something right.
complete game win tonight for morris!
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