Hours after winning the National League’s pitcher of the month award for August, Flaherty started September with a career-best eight shutout innings Tuesday in the Cardinals’ 1-0 victory against San Francisco at Busch Stadium. Flaherty took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, didn’t allow a Giants runner to reach second base, and muscled the first-place Cardinals to their 20th win in their past 25 games. His ERA dropped to 0.59 in his past seven starts. The only other Cardinals with similar seven-start runs in the past 50 years, Chris Carpenter and Bob Gibson, have won Cy Young awards and wear red blazers to team functions.
Flaherty flirts with history as he muscles Cardinals to 20th win in 25 games
