Seaver would go on to complete the game and he recorded each of the final 10 outs via strikeout beginning with Ferrara. Did you know that Eddie Plank of the Philadelphia Athletics had a record three shutouts (two during the 1905 World Series & one during the 1914 World Series) thrown against him while he was on the losing team during a complete game? Here are the longest team streaks of complete game shutouts since 2000 (before today). [11] With his fourth straight complete game, Hershiser raised his record to 198, making him 31 with a 1.00 ERA in those games. Managed by Casey Stengel and with rosters including Hall of Famers Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, Johnny Mize, Whitey Ford and eventually a young Mickey Mantle, it's no wonder New York dominated the Major Leagues. 1. Roberts holds the major league record for most consecutive Opening Day starts for the same team (12), starting every Opening Day for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1950 to 1961. . Atlanta went on to win the NL West, but fell to the Cardinals in the playoffs. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Thus, the focus of the game on the 28th was on Hershiser's need to get nine scoreless innings to tie Drysdale, which was Hershiser's hope. Most consecutive scoreless innings pitched Orel Hershiser: 59: Live-ball era (1920-present) (if different from overall records) Record He didn't give me one decent pitch to hit all night. ","type":"text"},{"__typename":"OEmbed","html":", Aaron Nola's record-setting 10 consecutive strikeouts, and the way the streak ended. The first three are the Atlanta Braves, the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Do you have a sports website? Part of the Baseball Almanac Family, Providence (vs Philadelphia) on 08-21-1883, [last two innings thru first three innings]. And Kenley Jansen came out of the bullpen seven times. The Dodgers' bullpen had led the league in saves that year. "[85], Prior to the start, Seymour Siwoff, the Elias Sports Bureau chief and official statistician for MLB, determined that the official method of accounting for consecutive scoreless innings would count only whole innings for starting pitchers and that if the streak extended into 1989 it would bear an asterisk. The Tigers and Reds were already set to join the record book when they met on Aug. 2 for a pair of seven-inning games -- the first MLB doubleheader in the Modern Era (since 1900) in which both games were scheduled for fewer than 9 innings. [31], The Braves opened the third inning with back-to-back singles by Ozzie Virgil and Terry Blocker. He was locked in so it was kind of like, 'Get away from me.' [2] [3] [4] Most career wins - 511 Set by Cy Young, 1890-1911. [113] The Mets went on to add two more runs on Gary Carter's shallow fly ball that center fielder John Shelby could not secure until it first hit the ground. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. ESPN,[7] Los Angeles Daily News,[135] and SB Nation are among the media outlets that covered the anniversary. Over his 45 2/3 innings, he struck out 43 batters while walking four. The most recent Yankees perfect game came on July 18, 1999 when David Cone did it. The streak includes only innings pitched in the regular season, excluding eight scoreless innings Hershiser pitched to start Game 1 of the 1988 National League Championship Series on October 4 (unofficially extending his streak to 67 combined innings). Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. He put everything right where he wanted it to go. [27] In the third inning, Hershiser struck out Eric Davis with the bases loaded and two outs and later got Davis to hit into two double plays. June 25, 2021, vs. Mets Nola's afternoon got off to a somewhat shaky start with a hit by pitch followed by a Francisco Lindor double, but it's safe to say he locked in after that. Gibson's streak was part of a longer run of 11 straight complete games (including eight shutouts), during which he allowed three runs over 99 innings, for a 0.27 ERA. No pitcher on this page has more than fifty complete games during a season. A run was posted on the scoreboard after Uribe crossed home plate. 9 -- Max Scherzer (WSH)Oct. 3, 2015, at Mets. As Hershiser left the mound with the record in hand, he was searching for Drysdale and saying, "Where is Drysdale? [7] Drysdale maintained the record for consecutive shutouts (six) because Hershiser did not pitch beyond the first 10 innings of his September 28 start because it lasted 16 innings. 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[75][76], On September 19, Hershiser's four-day-old son Jordan was suffering from fluid buildup in his lungs in a Pasadena hospital. Nola's afternoon got off to a somewhat shaky start with a hit by pitch followed by a Francisco Lindor double, but it's safe to say he locked in after that. [102], During Hershiser's streak he posted 59 IP, 0 runs, 31 hits, 38 strikeouts, 10 walks, and three extra-base hits, while Drysdale had posted 58 IP, 0 runs, 28 hits, 45 strikeouts, 10 walks, and three extra-base hits. The Yanks were loaded with Hall of Famers -- the Bambino, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Waite Hoyt, Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing all chipped in.More recently, the late-1990s Yankee dynasty won a dozen straight starting with Game 4 of the 1998 AL Championship Series, running through their World Series sweep of the Padres and continuing until Game 3 of the following year's ALCS. But in the live-ball era, those extended runs aren't as common. The right-hander notched three shutouts in seven starts on Opening Day. Lpez needed only 35 pitches to rack up his nine punchouts, which tied Ricky Nolasco (also against the Braves) for the longest strikeout stretch by a Marlins pitcher within any point in a game. [3] Hershisher made his first start on May 26, 1984, against the New York Mets[4] and became a full-time starter in the Dodgers' rotation on July 14. 2015 marked the 140th Opening Day for Major League Baseball. Welch totaled 14 strikeouts on the day. During the streak, the Elias Sports Bureau changed its criteria for the official consecutive scoreless innings record for starting pitchers from including fractional innings in which one or two outs had been recorded to counting only complete scoreless innings. On July 19 at Pittsburgh, Hubbell took over with two outs in the first inning and went the rest of the way with 8 1/3 scoreless frames. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. [21] Overall, opposing hitters batted 0-for-9 with runners on third and 0-for-31 with runners in scoring position. Your All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. All rights reserved. Scherzer didnt only strike out nine in a row in this game, he threw a no-hitter (his second of the season) while racking up 17 strikeouts overall. [42] Despite the official ruling by MLB statistician Seymour Siwoff that only full innings of starting pitchers count toward the record, some sportswriters continued to refer to the record as 58+23 innings. [33][34][35] Several Canadian newspapers even used the word chasing to note Hershiser's progresse.g., The Ottawa Citizen ran a story titled "Hershiser chasing record. Data Provided By I talk about it all the time. Please see the link above for our current blog or click the logo above to see all of the great data and content on this site. That would have tarnished the whole thing. 41 on the shoulder of their uniforms to honor the late Hall of Famer following his passing the previous year.\n\nAfter Pete Alonso finally snapped Nola's streak with a double, the Phillies ace notched one more punchout to end the inning -- giving him a scorching 11 through the ballgame's first four innings. Read more. [91] However, he had some close calls in a couple of innings. Carl Hubbell, Giants, 45 1/3 IP, July 13-Aug. 1, 1933The Hall of Fame left-hander won the NL MVP Award in 1933, when he led the league in wins (23), ERA (1.66), innings (308 2/3) and shutouts (10). copyright=new Date(); Hershiser was selected by Dodgers in the 17th round of the 1979 MLB draft with the 440th overall selection. It was the longest single-season winning streak in baseball in almost 15 years -- the A's, with MVP Miguel Tejada and the dominant trio of Cy Young winner Barry Zito, Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder, won 20 consecutive games late in 2002. [78] The Dodgers entered the game with an 8963 record and an eight-game lead in the NL West over the Cincinnati Reds, while the San Francisco Giants were 10.5 games back in fourth place in the division with a 7974 record entering the game.
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