Last time out, Julio Teheran was roughed up by the Padres, allowing three homers in four innings. Showing sub-90 mph velocity, Teheran landed on the Disabled List. On Sunday afternoon, he returned with a vengeance, hurling six no-hit innings and collecting a whopping 11 strikeouts in his best start of the season.
Showing renewed life with a fastball that hung around 92 mph (well above his season average, and faster than the average in his most amped-up start so far), Teheran carved up the San Diego lineup. He got into a bit of hot water to begin the game, allowing a leadoff walk and later hitting Jose Pirela with a pitch, but notched consecutive strikeouts with a runner on third (the latter coming on a very questionable call) to deny the Padres an early run.