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The Yankees hammer the living bejeezus out of Santana (final score 15-0)

15-0? You mean they went for a two-point conversion with a 13-0 lead?

Santana's ERA went from 2.39 to 3.29 in one game. Actually, he has been getting hit hard since early May. In his previous start, he allowed four homers at home against the Phillies. The Phils nicked him for 21 fly balls in that game, compared to only five grounders and two Ks. He also allowed homers in his four previous starts, and in every one of those he allowed more than one baserunner per inning pitched. His ERA in his three June starts is 10.25. It's 5.54 even if you toss out today's blow-out. In his last three starts in May, his ERA was higher than 4.00. His season ERA has gone up in every single one of those last six starts.

Before his bad run, his ERA had been 0.78 in seven starts, but that seems like quite a while ago.

You want to know the weirdest thing about it? In his seven starts at the beginning of the year (ERA 0.78), his record was 4-2. In his six starts since then (ERA 6.50), his record is ... the same 4-2! How can that be?

• In the first group, his two losses came in games in which he did not allow an earned run! (He also had wins of 2-1, 1-0 and 1-0 in that group, so the Mets were not putting up a lot of offense.)
• In the second group he had an ERA of 4.67 in his four wins, but the Mets scored 5-6-7-9! He even won that game in which the Phils tagged him for four homers.