4, actually, in a row.... Just because he got away with pitching poorly the time before last doesn't mean he pitched well. Vs Cincy two starts ago he pitched 7 innings and gave up 1 earned run. I don't care if he got away with pitching poorly, but he has not had 4 bad starts in a row. You don't go 7 and give up 1 and call that a bad start. If he is out of shape, it will show up now - in the dog days of summer. Let's hope he has something left in the tank. When he only threw like 55% strikes, I'll call it a bad start, regardless of the result...especially for the purpose of determining whether or not his bad starts are the result of some sort of trend. If you want to stick your head in the sand about it because he managed to avoid actually giving up runs, feel free to do so.