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In 2026, Jacob Misorowski and Dylan Cease each have three starts with 10+ Ks in fewer than 6.0 IP.

They are already tied for the most such starts in a single season in the modern era (since 1900) and are the first to have three such starts prior to the All-Star break.

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Junior Caminero is the first player in MLB history to homer in 6 straight games with his team winning all 6.

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The @Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani is the first player in MLB history to hit 8+ HR & have a 3-0 (or better) pitching record in a single month.

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Pete Crow-Armstrong of the @Cubs is one of three players in MLB history to have a month with:

.375+ batting average
.775+ slugging pct
80+ total bases
15+ walks
10+ home runs
5+ stolen bases

The others are Babe Ruth (June 1920, July 1920, May 1930) and Lou Gehrig (June 1930).

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Only twice in American League history has a team had its starter strike out 9+ batters while allowing 2 or fewer hits in 3 straight games (reg or post).

Both times it was the @tigers:

Oct. 10-13, 2013 (Verlander, Sánchez, Scherzer)
June 28-30, 2026 (Flaherty, Mize, Skubal)

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Entering today's games, 28.5% (820/2878) of home runs hit this season have been by players age-25 or younger. It would be the highest percentage before July in a season since 1977 (28.5%).

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This season, 456 different MLB players have hit a home run. That is the highest total entering July in a season all-time (previous high: 453 in 2021).

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There have been two 4-game spans in the live-ball era (since 1920) by a player 22 or younger with 6+ HR and as many walks drawn as strikeouts.

They were by Johnny Bench (July 24-27, 1970) and Junior Caminero over his last four games.

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Tonight, Sonny Gray became the first pitcher in the modern era (since 1900) to reach 2000 career strikeouts and 2000.0 innings pitched in the same game.

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The @Brewers starters over their last 6 games:

0.82 ERA
48 strikeouts
13 hits allowed

No other MLB team's starters have had a sub-1.00 ERA with as many strikeouts and as few hits allowed over a 6-game span in a single season (since ERA became official in both leagues in 1913).

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Since earned runs became an official stat in both leagues in 1913, two pitchers have had a 12-start span on the road with all quality starts and 46 or fewer hits allowed:

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (last 12 road starts)
Jake Arrieta (2015-16)

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The @Reds' Chase Burns has thrown at least seven strikeouts while allowing two or fewer runs in seven consecutive road games.

Since 1900, the only MLB player with a longer streak was the Astros' Mike Scott (nine-game run in 1986).

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Tonight, Tristan Peters and Jacob Gonzalez of the @whitesox became the first rookie MLB teammates to have 5+ RBI and reach base 3+ times in the same game since Johnny Mostil and Earl Sheely did so, also for the White Sox, on September 9, 1921.

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Only two MLB pitchers in the modern era have recorded the following over a four-start home span:

29.0+ IP
1 or 0 runs allowed
fewer than 10 hits allowed
48+ strikeouts

Those pitchers are Nolan Ryan (July 1972) and Jacob Misiorowski over his last four home starts.

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Since earned runs became an official stat in both leagues in 1913, the Mets are the only MLB team to:

strike out 10+ batters
hit multiple homers
allow 0 earned runs

...and yet lose the game.

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The @Phillies hit 4 game-tying or go-ahead homers in the 9th inning in their series against the Nationals.

That's the most by any team in a single series in MLB history.

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Today, @RaysBaseball became the only team in MLB history to have a no-hit bid longer than 8.0 innings and a three-HR performance for a player in the same game (including postseason).

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The @Phillies are the only MLB team in the modern era to be down to their last strike with nobody on base in the 9th inning 2 games in a row but win both.