Rubby De La Rosa was among the worst starters in baseball through early June. He has since transformed himself into one of the better ones.
The latest and best example was Saturday night against visiting Milwaukee. De La Rosa emerged with his finest performance of the season for the Diamondbacks, throwing eight shutout innings. He allowed just two hits with two walks and six strikeouts.
De La Rosa survived three errors that tested him early. He yielded just one hit following the first inning and earned a standing ovation from the home crowd after the eighth.
He has lowered his ERA to 4.52 in surrendering just 15 runs over his last 51 1/3 innings pitched.