Coming into yesterday’s game A’s rookie Ryan Cook hadn’t allowed a run in 23 innings this season, but his scoreless streak ended when the Twins got to the 25-year-old right-hander for two runs in an eighth-inning comeback that snapped the streak and handed him a loss.
And naturally the runs scored on a bloop double off the bat of Justin Morneau.
Cook, who was acquired from the Diamondbacks as part of the Trevor Cahill-for-Jarrod Parker swap this winter, went 21 appearances and faced 84 batters to begin the season before allowing a run. During that time he held opponents to a .056 batting average and .085 slugging percentage while racking up 21 strikeouts, although he also issued 12 walks.
Now his ERA stands at 0.75, but if you include his rough big-league debut for Arizona last year Cook has a 2.27 ERA and sub par 28/22 K/BB ratio in 31.2 innings overall.
