Performance Of The Week – 8/4-8/30

Posted on Monday, August 31st, 2009 and is filed under POTW. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

ZacKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK Grienke grabs my POTW. The 25-year-old right-hander struck out a team record, 15 batters as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians (sorry Rey), 6-2.

Of his 117 pitches, Grienke threw 77 for strikes while breaking a 21-year old record set by Mark Gubicza.

The Orlando, Florida native improved to 12-8 on the season (has since won #13) and an American League-leading 2.43 ERA.

Grienke etches his name in Royal pitching lore along with Bret Saberhagen, Dennis Leonard, Paul Splittorff, Dan Quisenberry, and…have I forgotten any.

Who gets your POTW?

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