These were Mussina's first six starts of the season:
Code:
Date Opp W/L IP H R ER SO BB
5/22/2007 BOS L 6.67 10 7 7 2 1
5/16/2007 @ CHW L 5.33 8 5 5 1 0
5/9/2007 TEX W 6 3 2 2 2 1
5/3/2007 @ TEX W 5 4 1 1 3 0
4/11/2007 @ MIN ND 2 3 0 0 0 1
4/6/2007 BAL L 4 8 6 6 4 3
29 36 21 21 12 6
ERA: 6.52
WHIP: 1.45
Now, here are his five starts since Nieves became his personal catcher:
Code:
Date Opp W/L IP H R ER SO BB
6/19/2007 @ COL L 6 7 3 3 6 2
6/13/2007 ARI W 7.67 6 2 2 7 0
6/7/2007 @ CHW ND 6 4 1 1 4 0
6/2/2007 @ BOS ND 5 9 5 5 1 4
5/27/2007 LAA ND 6.33 5 2 2 6 1
31 31 13 13 24 7
ERA: 3.77
WHIP: 1.23
Except for the one clunker in Boston, that is four Quality Starts out of five starts overall.