Lee was frankly a joke in June. Over his five starts (all wins) in the month, Lee gave up one run in 42 innings. It’s the best month by a pitcher since former L.A. Dodger Orel Hershiser's historic September in 1988 when he allowed no runs in 55 innings. Lee actually hasn’t allowed a run over his last 32 innings dating back to June 11, which represents a new career-best. His ERA in June was 0.21, lowering his season ERA from 3.94 to 2.66. No pitcher has thrown four straight complete game shutouts since Hershiser had five in a row in 1988. Lee is just the sixth pitcher since Hershiser to have three in a row.

Scarily, Lee actually knocked in more runs in June (two) than he allowed. And of the seven National League starting pitchers since 1912 to have an ERA of 0.21 or better in a calendar month (with at least 40 innings pitched), Lee is only the third to drive in more runs than he let in. The others were Dwight Gooden in September 1985 (one unearned run allowed, seven RBIs) and Fernando Valenzuela in April 1981 (one run allowed, two RBIs). Lee hit .250 during the month and allowed batters to hit just .152.

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