Monday, July 21, 2008

Harden vs. Johnson

Quite the pitchers duel in Arizona with the Cubs' Rich Harden and Diamondbacks' Randy Johnson combining for just one earned run and three hits over 14 innings. Harden carried a no-hitter into the sixth, where Alex Romero met him with a solo home run.

The D'backs beat the Cubs, 2-0.

Fantasy Impact: Harden is unlucky not to win after two dominant starts for Chicago. Johnson improves to 7-7 and lowers his ERA to 4.98. The 44-year-old right hander has 99 strikeouts in 105 innings, just the third time he's on pace for less strikeouts than innings pitched since 1990. He's certainly not the power pitcher he once was, but he's good enough to be a part of most rotations in fantasy.

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