Carmona Blanks Twins for His 1st Shutout

AP Online | May 17, 2007 | Copyright

CLEVELAND - Fausto Carmona's sinker dropped, it dipped, it dived, and it devastated the Minnesota Twins. Throwing sinkers and almost nothing but sinkers, Carmona pitched a four-hitter for his first career shutout and beat Johan Santana for the second time in less than a month as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Twins 2-0 to finish off a three-game sweep.

"It's not normal," Torii Hunter said of Carmona's go-to pitch. "He's not even human. It was so scary, I thought I was hung over."

Carmona (5-1) dominated from start to finish with a 121-pitch performance that was still being discussed ...

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