Jimenez wins again
Colorado Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez continued his early-season dominance in a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres.
Jimenez struck out 13, allowing just one run and four hits over seven innings of work to pick up his sixth victory of the year.
The 13 strikeouts was a career high for Jimenez, whose previous high was 11 back in 2008.
The flame-thrower touched 101 MPH at one point on the radar gun, and manager Jim Tracy thought it was the best fastball he had seen yet from the budding star.
Despite Roy Halladay’s early dominance in the National League, Jimenez is the front-runner for the Cy Young just a month into the season.
