Hamels perfect through three

What’s the record for strikeouts in a spring training start?

Hamels has five through three innings, having fanned the side in the third. Reid Brignac, Jon Weber and Matt Garza each went down swinging.

Hamels is also working on a perfect game, not that he will have the opportunity to throw one today, but still, any time a pitcher breezes through the order the first time through, you can’t help but think of the possibility of 27 up and 27 down.