Seth Lugo lifted the Kansas City Royals to a win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday, all while matching Greg Maddux with yet another quality start on the road.
Even though he gave up six hits and three walks with just five strikeouts, the 34-year-old limited the damage and set the stage for the Royals to win 6-1., Lugo is now the second pitcher in the modern era to win his first six road starts of a season while allowing either zero or one runs in each appearance. The only other player ever to achieve the feat is Greg Maddux, who did so in his first seven road starts of the 1995 campaign.
Maddux went on to win his third of four consecutive NL Cy Young Awards that season. An AL Cy Young may be in the cards for Lugo, who is a consensus top-five contender for the honor here in 2024.is the second pitcher in the modern era to win each of his first six road starts of a season while also allowing 0/1 runs in each one.
The other is Greg Maddux, who did so in the first seven road starts of his Cy Young-winning season of 1995.On the whole this season, Lugo is 9-1 with a 1.72 ERA, 1.009 WHIP, 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings and a 3.3 WAR. He leads all American League starting pitchers in wins, ERA, WAR and innings pitched, posting ten quality starts in 12 tries.For his career, Lugo is 49-32 with a 3.30 ERA, 1.155 WHIP, 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings and a 13.9 WAR.
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