Adrian Houser was the story of Saturday night’s 4-0 Brewers victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. After shortened outings from Brett Anderson and Freddy Peralta in two of the last three games left the bullpen a bit taxed, Houser delivered the franchise’s first complete game shutout since Kyle Lohse in 2014.
Any shutout is an impressive feat worthy of recognition, but the manner in which Houser blanked the Cardinals was especially spectacular. The 28-year-old was a strike-throwing machine. He fired a first-pitch strike to 25 of 29 batters faced, including the entire first turn through the order. Starting in the fifth and ending in the seventh inning, he breezed through seven consecutive hitters without throwing a ball.