With the no-hitter in the rear-view mirror, Cole Hamels has continued to master Milwaukee's bats.

In the seventh inning, he needed just five pitches to dispatch the Brew Crew, 1-2-3. Cole has logged 89 pitches. He's about to step to the plate in the bottom of the inning, as I type.

So he's definitely going eight.

Do you send him back out in the ninth, allowing him to complete what's now a complete-game, two-hit shutout? Or do you hand the ball over to reliable Brad Lidge, and possibly give yourself at least the option to go back to Hamels Sunday (which I think is doubtful - Hamels is a every five day-type guy)?

I say Cole's going all nine as long as he's under 110 pitches after the eighth. Why take him out when he's going well and why worry about Game 4 when you could wrap this thing up Saturday?