Johnny Cueto pitches another complete game, Giants take series

Cueto leads the league in complete games and wins, and the Giants have the best record in the baseball. Other than that ...

There’s something about raw counting stats right at the All-Star break. They sing to me, a perfect measure of where the player and/or team has been, and where they could keep going. It’s why I’ll overuse them, possibly in this very recap, when I mention how many doubles Brandon Belt has on July 6, as if that could possibly mean something more important than the sentence "Brandon Belt is hitting the ball well this year."

But here’s a raw counting stat that means a whole bunch: Johnny Cueto has four complete games by the All-Star break. He’s tied his career high. The last…