Coming into the 2023 season, few fans expected the Pittsburgh Pirates to find success in the pitching realm. In fact, you would’ve been hard-pressed to find any that expected to see a shutout, let alone two.
Then, Johan Oviedo (and Mitch Keller) answered the call.
Oviedo was tabbed to start against the Kansas City Royals and had no problem mowing them down in a 5-0 win, but the biggest thing that stood out about it was that it was almost nonexistent. Because of the storylines around it, it became our seventh best game of the season.