Baseball enthusiast, road-tripper, pursuer of oddities. All 30 active MLB parks, 245 total. ESPN stats '06-17. Hokie. DC native=politics fan. Tax Guy in winter.
Aug 8: First pitch 7:05p EDT (BAL). Last out 10:35p PDT (SEA). O's 4 homers and hold. Bassitt+Starling=Mets easy. Velazquez+Morel=Nats L6. Gallen=PIT 0 on 3. Rengifo HR+Suarez=1-0? Giants 15 K but SDx0x23 and Thairo SF=1-0? Yanx 7 early off Gilbert, 6 doubles+Judge x44. Till tmw.
Josh Donaldson: First Yankees batter with 4 hits, 3 RBI, and 3 runs scored against the Mariners since Hideki Matsui, Aug 13 2009 (W 11-1).
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This is also the last time Yankees teammates had multiple doubles each in a game against the Mariners (see: Josh Donaldson & Andrew Benintendi x Jorge Posada & Gary Sheffield).
Logan Gilbert: First Mariners pitcher left out there long enough to give up 10 hits and 7 earned runs to the Yankees since Carlos Silva, May 4 2008 (L 2-8).
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SF/SD and LAA/OAK: First time two California teams have won 1-0 games against OTHER California teams on the same day since Jun 28 2008.
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Giants: Second game in live-ball era where they scored 1 run, struck out 15 times, and won. Other was a fairly-famous 21-inning contest at Cincinnati on Sep 1 1967.
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Most games with 8+ strikeouts and 0 runs allowed, D'backs history:
Randy Johnson 32
Curt Schilling 11
Robbie Ray 9
Patrick Corbin 7
Brandon Webb 7
Ian Kennedy 6
Zac Gallen 4 (incl Mon)
Zack Greinke 4
Athletics: Third home game this season where they were shut out on ≤ 2 hits. Only other seasons with 3 such games at Oakland Coliseum were 2007 and 1988.
Joey Meneses: First multi-run pinch-hit homer by Nats/Expos in the 8th or later at Wrigley since Randy Milligan off Chuck Crim, Jun 3 1994.
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Nelson Velazquez: First Cubs batter with 3 hits including a homer in a home game against the Nationals since Brian Bogusevic, Aug 22 2013 (L 4-5).
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