Peavy Domination Tour Makes 18th Stop

The Jake Peavy Utter Domination Tour made its 18th stop on Sunday and was kind enough to bring out the brooms to formally clean up the San Francisco Giants with a 5-1 win and series sweep. Peavy was once again masterful, striking out 10 against 1 walk and 4 hits over 7 1/3 innings on the way to his 18th win of 2007; it has been 9 years since Kevin Brown tossed 18 victories for the World Series-bound Padres. Heath Bell and Cla Meredith tidied up for the Friars' 81st victory of the season.

Kevin Kouzmanoff occupied the 3 hole for the first time in his career as Mike Cameron drew an off day. I have been privately urging this move to FF insiders for a while, so his 3-4 performance was gratifying on a number of levels. Also notable was Josh Bard's 2 hit day - including one crushed homer batting left handed, his less-apt side of the plate.

Practically assured of 2 more starts (perhaps three), Peavy has a shot at winning 20 games. Even if he stands pat, Peavy is clearly FF's choice for Cy Young. He continues to be positioned to win the NL's Pitching Triple Crown by leading the league in wins, ERA and strikeouts.

Sunday's win kept pace with the Diamondbacks while adding a game lead in the Wild Card race over the Dodgers. The Phillies also won to stay 1.5 games back.