11.   He has given the Twins four straight quality starts and has pitched six innings or more in seven straight starts.

12.   He has recorded nine quality starts.

13.   His quality start, like those from Lima and Reynolds, was the reason the Astros won despite the pain of it all.

14.   Instead, the Blue Jays elected to call Stieb up themselves after he put together a string of quality starts at Triple-A Syracuse.

15.   Now, he said, the goal is to give as many seven-plus quality starts as possible.

16.   Now, the Braves get that quality start almost every night.

17.   One by one the other starters all had produced quality starts.

18.   Regardless of the outcome, for him this was a quality start.

19.   Quality starts are defined as six innings or more and three runs or less allowed.

20.   The Rangers needed the quality start as badly as Burkett.