Karstens rocking in June of 2011:
Karstens (6-4) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, improving to 3-0 with a 1.52 ERA in six June starts. He walked one and struck out two.
“It’s been kind of surreal,” Karstens said. “I’ve just been going out there and having fun.”
Manager Clint Hurdle called Karstens’ solid first half “a big unexpected pleasure.”
“We thought he could come in and get us innings and win a game but the volume and depth of games he’s pitching and the efficiency, walks to strikeouts, hits, his WHIP, all of it, the ERA, he’s knocked the bottom out of some things,” Hurdle said.
Karstens (6-4) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, improving to 3-0 with a 1.52 ERA in six June starts. He walked one and struck out two.
“It’s been kind of surreal,” Karstens said. “I’ve just been going out there and having fun.”
Manager Clint Hurdle called Karstens’ solid first half “a big unexpected pleasure.”
“We thought he could come in and get us innings and win a game but the volume and depth of games he’s pitching and the efficiency, walks to strikeouts, hits, his WHIP, all of it, the ERA, he’s knocked the bottom out of some things,” Hurdle said.
