How far the pitching has come

The Reds may have finished only 14-12 this month, with a few losses that easily could've/should've gone our way.

But as we all noticed, the pitching was vastly improved. In 20 of the 26 games, the opposition scored 4 or fewer runs. That's the first month this season we've had 20 games that solid.

In 2010, the Reds had three such months of 20 games holding the opposition under 5 runs (May, July and September).

In 2009, the Reds accomplished it only in September.

And here's the crazy thing. Before that, you have to go all the way back to May 1997 to find the previous single month with pitching of that quality.