He's having the kind of season guys like Brantley and Maholm had in the past for us. Just totally dominating everybody he faces. Here's his lines against the top 4 teams in the league:
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#00008b"><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="left"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">Mississippi State </font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">ip</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">h</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">r</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">er</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">bb</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">so</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">wp</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">bk</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">hbp</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">ibb</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">ab</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">bf</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">fo</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">go</font></td><td bgcolor="#00008b" align="right"><font color="#ffffff" size="2" face="verdana">np</font></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="left"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">Chris Stratton </font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">8.2</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">4</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">1</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">1</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">2</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">17</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">1</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">29</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">31</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">3</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">5</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">133</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="left"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">Chris Stratton </font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">7.2</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">9</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">5</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">5</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">2</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">11</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">31</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">33</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">6</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">5</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">112</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="left"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">Chris Stratton L,9-1</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">7.0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">6</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">4</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">2</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">2</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">6</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">1</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">29</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">32</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">7</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">8</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">112</font></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="left"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">Chris Stratton W,10-1</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">6.1</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">6</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">1</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">1</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">8</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">1</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">0</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">25</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">26</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">7</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">4</font></td><td align="right"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="verdana">82</font></td></tr></tbody></table>
That's a 2.73 ERA against 4 regional hosts (and maybe 3 national seeds). I seem to recall that he gave up a few hits that could have been ruled errors in the USC game too.