nice evocation of an old game --- i remember that one

incredibly, tudor shut the mets out for 10 innings a second time during that stretch run --- his great 0-0 duel with ron darling in the last week of the season. his line that day: 10ip, 6h, 3w, 7k. and then of course strawberry mashed a dayley fastball off the clock face in rightfield in the 11th, giving mets a 1-0 win. it's at at http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10010SLN1985.htm

and there was a 3d 1-0 game between the cards and mets in that memorable summer --- and tudor pitched that one, too. won it on june 8th at shea: 3h, 1w, 5k. cards run scored in the top of the 9th on a herr home run. link is http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10010SLN1985.htm

so check that out: one pitcher, three 0-0 duels against top pennant rival --- cards won 2 of the 3, and tudor threw 29 shutout innings.

Couple notes:

This was the first time Mulder had ever pitched 10 innings in one game, although he's pitched 9 innings 17 other times, eight of which were shutouts, and two of which wound up going to extra innings after he left. The most he'd ever given up in a 9 inning outing? 2 Runs.

His ERA has now dropped to 3.10, after being up at 8.18 just 2 starts ago.

It feels good to have 2 aces (Carpenter & Mulder) on the staff. Now if we could just get the big bats swinging a bit better...

I'm not old enough to remember Gibson, so Tudor's 1985 is something of a gold standard for Cardinals pitchers for me. I suppose I should footnote this post by pointing out that Bagwell and Berkman didn't play today, but it was Tudoresque anyway. I suppose the bat off the ankle was Gibsonesque.

I wonder this rotation would do if Morris gets going.

Ugh, ESPN.com is calling Mulder's game "Fever Pitch." Insensitive bastards.

oops i screwed up on the 1st comment above --- the box for the june 8 1-0 game is http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B06080SLN1985.htm

hosed again . . . . . the link is http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B10010NYN1985.htm

No wonder so many are reminded of Tudor's 1985 performance, because according to Lee Sinnins, that was the last time a Cardinal pitched an extra-inning complete game shutout.

I wonder how the guys we gave up for Mulder are doing? I saw Haren got roughed up the other day.

Ok, I couldn't help but just go look it up. Calero's been outstanding (2-0, 0.00 in 7IP), but may be injured. Haren's been mostly good (average Game Score of 60 in his first 3 starts), but got pounded for 8 runs (7 earned) on 9 hits in 4.2 innings in Anaheim on Saturday, raising his ERA from 2.37 to 4.56. Anybody know anything about Barton?

As crazy as it sounds, Tutor actually had yet ANOTHER (pseudo) 9-inning shutout performance against the mets that year. In his very first start on April 11, he pitched 9 innings, gave up 1 unearned run on 3 hits (all singles), and was left with a no decision when the game went into extra innings. the cards eventually lost 2-1 on a neil allen walk of danny heep with the bases loaded in the 11th.

that's right, 4 (pseudo) shutout performances against the hated division rival mets in one year. man '85 was fun.

Right on, Jon, 1985 was a fun year, except for the last 10 innings.

Every time you turned around, somebody got a clutch hit to win a game. You just knew it was coming. The only years in my memory that come close in comparison are 1987 and 2004. (You gotta forgive me, Len, I was born in '66. :-) )

TSF

Barton stats at Stockton (High A level), all as DH, I'm pretty sure:

g ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi bb k obp slg avg
17 64 11 17 2 0 2 11 10 9 .377 .391 .266

Actually, Barton has played some 1B in addition to mostly DHing.