The two pitchers had gone 8-0 in 12 days' time.

A former pitcher like me is going to say that, of course.

Do we force pitchers to go to the plate faster?

In the coming days, these pitchers are going to need every friend they can get.

Most pitchers can go out there with great stuff and do well.

In the first game, on October 15, both pitchers went four innings.

The pitcher can go to the well too often and that mustn't happen.

The pitcher goes to the well once too often, remember.

At some point, though, the pitchers are going to say: 'You know what?

"But what this shows is, we're a good baseball team, especially when our pitchers are going so well."