Cardinals' Jonathan Broxton: Third straight scoreless outing Friday

Broxton struck out one and gave up two hits over a scoreless eighth inning in Friday's 10-0 win over the Braves.

The 32-year-old right-hander now has three consecutive one-inning, two-hit, scoreless appearances, as he continues to pitch to contact but mostly avoids disaster. Broxton had surrendered fewer hits than innings pitched in five straight seasons coming into this season, but he's now yielded 14 hits over 8.2 frames in 2017, leading to an unsightly 2.31 WHIP. However, following a rough April 10 outing against the Nationals in which he gave up three earned runs in two-thirds of an inning, Broxton has turned in scoreless efforts in six of his seven subsequent trips to the mound.