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How Chad Bettis responds to career worst outing will be telling

Chad Bettis has been the Rockies' best starting pitcher this season, though he turned in a real stinker his last time out. Heading into his July 7 start against the Angels, Bettis had a 3.67 ERA. The Angels then subjected Bettis to an unholy shellacking. He threw 2 1/3 innings and gave up ten runs on eight hits. Four of those eight hits were home runs. He struck out two and walked one, but when a pitcher gives up ten runs in just over two innings, that hardly matters. After the game, Bettis's ERA jumped all the way to 4.