Unbelievable

Last night I was on the phone with Jeremiah and we were discussing Chris Carpenter's complete game last night. He threw just 95 pitches, and I figured that was completely impossible. Well Cole Hamels did this last night in his complete game shutout:
1st inning - 11 pitches
2nd inning - 16 pitches
3rd inning - 6 pitches
4th inning - 8 pitches
5th inning - 10 pitches
6th inning - 11 pitches
7th inning - 10 pitches
8th inning - 13 pitches
9th inning - 12 pitches
Total: 97 pitches

JA Happ pitched a gem 2 nights ago and threw 112 pitches in 7 innings. To throw less than 100 pitches in a complete game is incredible. That's basically throwing 3 pitches to every batter. He only had 2 3-ball counts in the game. Through the 6th inning, he had faced the minimum 18 batters. He only faced 29 batters in the entire game. Only 5 spots in the batting order for the Dodgers saw more than 9 pitches total in the game, and each of those 5 struck out at some point. Juan Pierre saw 8 pitches in 4 at bats. The 9th batter (pitcher and 2 pinch hitters) saw 6 pitches in 3 at bats. Cole's ERA before the game was 5.21. It is now 4.40. While watching, at some point while it was still just 1-0 I commented to Zack that I felt like we were winning the game 8-0 because of how well we've been playing and how well Hamels was pitching. Hopefully you watched this game because it was one of the better pitching performances you'll ever see.