Cardinals Rotation Still Dominating

One reason why the Cardinals have raced out to the best record in the MLB, is because of their dominating rotation. Adam Wainwright showed how good the Cardinals starting pitching is, by taking a no-hitter into the 8th inning. Wainwright ended up throwing a 2 hit-shutout against the Colorado Rockies. Wainwright dominated a Rockies lineup that is 2nd in the MLB in Batting Average, 5th in Runs, 4th in Home Runs, 5th in RBI, 2nd in Total Bases, 2nd in Slugging Percentage, and 4th in OPS. Wainwright is one out of 5 Cardinals Starters that are under a 2.75 E.R.A. Before this season started, this Cardinals pitching looked like a mess, after Closer Jason Motte and Starter Chris Carpenter went down for the season. Jamie Garcia struggled and was very inconsistent last season. Lance Lynn did well through early August, before pitching mediocure. Shelby Miller was just an average long reliever, and Jake Westbrook was a question mark. Where the Cardinals are at right now, is very unexpected and surprising. Even though, the Cardinals have only played against 3 good hitting teams, they have registered 9 Team Shut Outs this season. They have allowed 3 runs or less in 23 games. They have recored 25 quality starts, have 3 starting pitchers under a 1.10 WHIP, with at least 8 strikeouts per nine innings, and tied for second, in the NL, with 5 wins. Shelby Miller has surprisingly been the most dominant pitcher for the Cardinals, so far. Miller has a 5-2 record, a 1.58 E.R.A., 51 strikeouts in 45 innings, and a 0.88 WHIP. This rotation of Miller, Wainwright, Westbrook, Garcia, Lynn. If they keep this up, the Cardinals will have one of the best and deepest rotations in 35 years. The Cardinals have shown they can take a part one of the top 3 offenses in baseball, but how will they fair against AL Teams, such as the Tigers, Indians, and Red Sox.