Carlos Carrasco wasn’t quite excellent this past Sunday. By Baseball Reference’s Game Score it was his eighth worst start with a 42, though the 6.1 inning, 5 run, 9 K outing he posted belies how excellent he was for the majority of the game. Two of those runs were because reliever Neil Ramirez gave up a couple ringing wall balls, but baseball blames the man who allowed the man to get on base.
Prior to the game — and indeed prior to that 7th inning — Carrasco’s ERA was it’s lowest since sample sizes normalized in early May.