1.   And Russ Springer, just demoted to the bullpen, pitched shutout ball over the remainder of the game for the first save of his professional career.

2.   And Russ Springer, just demoted to the bullpen, pitched shutout ball over the remainder to earn the first save of his professional career.

3.   Brandenburg submitted two innings of one-hit shutout ball before turning it over to John Wasdin in the eighth.

4.   Checo pitched three innings of shutout ball, striking out five, against Iowa Saturday.

5.   Four subsequent innings of shutout ball by Josias Manzanillo, Eric Gunderson, Butch Henry and Dave Mlicki bought the Mets time.

6.   He has spent much of the season throwing shutout ball for six to seven innings before allowing a handful of runs in one inning.

7.   He pitched shutout ball through seven innings.

8.   He previously had pitched shutout ball over six appearances, spanning eight innings.

9.   He pitched one-hit shutout ball for five innings in his debut at San Francisco, despite putting runners all over the bases.

10.   In fact, Stark could have pitched shutout ball had it not been for a misplay of a windblown fly ball by right fielder Walker.