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Cliff Lee of the Cleveland Indians stole the show on Sunday Night in this matchup of former Cy Youngs as he opposed Chris Carpenter and the St. Louis Cardinals.

Lee threw a complete game gem in the Indians 3-0 victory over the Cardinals. It only took Lee 93 pitches to finish the game, which shows how efficient more than just how dominant he was. 

Lee was spectacular against this Cardinals lineup as he took a no-hitter into the 8th inning until a leadoff double off the bat of catcher Yadier Molina, which was the 1st hit for the Cardinals.  Lee would however strand Molina at 3rd base and would complete the 9th and finish a shutout en route to a Cardinals 3-0 victory. 

All in all, Lee threw the full nine innings, gave up only 3 hits, allowed no runs and struck out 6 batters in the victory.  With the win, Lee’s record improved to 4-6 and his E.R.A. lowered to 2.88.  His record however doesn’t show how well the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner has pitched this season, due to a rough start and some low run support. 

Mark DeRosa sparked the Indians offense as he hit a two-run homerun right off the bat off of Cards’ ace Chris Carpenter to give the Indians a 2-0 lead.  Kelly Shoppach, who went 2 for 3 on the day, also hit a solo shot off of Carpenter to put the Indians up 3-0 and that turned out to be the final score.

Carpenter suffered his 1st loss of the season thanks to the two homeruns he gave up and some excellent pitching by his opposing pitcher Cliff Lee.  Carpenter finished with 7 innings of work, gave up only 5 hits 3 earned runs and had 3 strikeouts in the game.  With the loss, Carpenter’s record fell to 4-1 and his E.R.A went up slightly to 1.59. 

Fantasy Impact: Cliff Lee gave firstbaseman Albert Pujols an 0 for 3 on the day, however, Pujols drew a walk in the 1st inning. So whoever has the red-hot Pujols on their fantasy teams, he didn’t have any big impact for your team on this particular Sunday thanks to the great pitching of Cliff Lee.

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