Tuesday game notes

Fireworks Night at the ol’ ballpark!

@Brewers 13, Marlins 12 (10): They had it all the way. After blowing a 9-2 lead, the Crew fell behind in the 10th on a Jose Reyes HR, Miami’s 5th of the game. But they came back and rang the Bell: After a leadoff 5-pitch walk to Carlos Gomez (how could you?), the struggling-again closer got the next 2 men before Aramis Ramirez mushroomed an 0-1 pitch way out to CF for his first game-ending hit as a Brewer.

  • It was the first walk-off HR against Bell since 2009 and the first ever of the come-from-behind flavor — but his 3rd walk-off loss this year. Ramirez had one prior come-from-behind game-winning hit, 5 years ago against the Brewers. He’s now 5 for 8 with a walk and no Ks vs. Bell.
  • 5 different Brewers allowed a HR, a franchise first, and the first in MLB this year. Here’s the last time a team had 6 pitchers serve up a HR: 1987, Cincinnati 21, Atlanta 6 in the Launching Pad.
  • 5 different Marlins hit a HR, tying the club record done twice before.

@Pirates 8, Astros 7: Remember when being 4 runs down was as good as 6 feet under for the Buccos? The team that hit .231 while scoring 3.5 R/G in their first 73 contests overcame a 6-2 deficit, then blew the lead in the 9th, but walked off happy on Drew Sutton‘s first HR and first-ever game-winning hit.

  • Pittsburgh has won 6 of 7, averaging 8.6 runs and 13 hits and lifting the team BA by 11 points. They’re 19-11 since June began, reaching 8 games over .500 for the first time since 1992.
  • All good things must end, so say goodbye to A.J. Burnett‘s 8-start winning streak.
  • Sutton (5-2-3-1) is 11 for 27 with 7 runs in 8 games since coming up from AAA.

@White Sox 19, Rangers 2Roy Oswalt allowed 3 HRs among the first 5 batters (including Youk‘s first in his new hosiery), and 7 runs on 9 hits (6 XBH) in the first 2 innings. When his book was closed, Oswalt had been charged with 11 runs, a new career high, and had become the first pitcher since 2008 (Livan Hernandez) to allow at least 13 hits in consecutive outings.

  • But I applaud Ron Washington for leaving Oswalt in for 112 pitches. Letting him work it out now may pay off down the stretch and beyond … and when you’re down 7-0 to Chris Sale after 2 innings, what are the odds of a comeback, anyway?
  • Sale departed after 7.1 scoreless innings as the new MLB leader with a 2.10 ERA — but the bequeathed runner came around and kicked him back 3 spots to 2.19.

@Nationals 9, Giants 3: Washington is 28-20 against winning teams. Jordan Zimmermann (6 IP, 2 R, 7 Ks, no walks) has gone 6+ IP on 4 runs or less in all 16 starts, the longest streak in MLB this year. Ian Desmond (4-2-2-2, HR, 2B) is 13 for 29 in his last 7 games with 9 Runs and 9 RBI; he leads all MLB shortstops with 41 extra-base hits and .494 slugging.

What’s the worst season ever by a 2-time Cy Young Award winner? After he was raked for 8 runs (7 ER) on 9 hits in 3.1 IP, Tim Lincecum has a 6.07 ERA in 17 starts, with an ERA+ below 60. Here are the worst ERA+ marks by multi-CYA winners, in a season with at least 15 starts and ERA+ below 80:

@Mets 11, Phillies 1: New York’s biggest margin over their turnpike neighbors since 2005. Jon Niese went 8 innings for the first time since his 1-hitter more than 2 years ago, and added a 2-run single, a walk, 2 runs and a sacrifice. His last 6 starts: 1.74 ERA, 6 walks in 41.1 IP.

  • Last 5 starts for Daniel Murphy: 14 RBI, 12 hits and 9 XBH, reversing a free-fall and raising his BA/SLG by 20 and 68 points, respectively. He’s the first Met this year with three games of 4+ RBI.
  • Ruben Tejada (5-2-3-1) is 15 for 39 since a 6-week DL stint, now hitting .327 with a .377 OBP in 36 games.
  • David Wright‘s 10th HR was just his 3rd with someone on and his first with a man in scoring position.

@Braves 10, Cubs 3: After falling a season-high 5 games off the division pace, Atlanta needed a spark, and Michael Bourn supplied it: a go-ahead 3-run triple in the 5th, touching off a 9-run explosion over 2 innings.

  • Chipper added a 3-run double in his 7th career game of at least 4 hits and 4 RBI, leaving him 1 RBI behind Mike Schmidt and 2 shy of George Brett for the all-time lead among third basemen. (He didn’t dent the dish, but he already has that 3B record.)
  • Chicago had won 4 straight while scoring 4 or less, matching the MLB season high and the Cubs’ longest such streak since 1989.

Orioles 4, Mariners 0 (7th): Wei-Yin Chen has retired the first 18 batters, with a career-best 8 Ks, and 53 strikes out of 72 pitches. The last no-hitter by an Oriole/Brown was in 1969; they’ve never had a perfecto.

Twins 8, @Tigers 6 (9th): Minnesota’s 5-run 3rd was capped by Trevor Plouffe‘s 19th HR, his 18th in his last 39 games (147 ABs) but just his 3rd with anyone aboard. Only Jose Bautista (18) has more solo HRs this year.

  • If Plouffe maintains his current ratios (19 HRs, 35 RBI, 235 PAs), he’ll be the second player ever with 30+ HRs and a RBI/HR ratio less than 2.  He’d also have the highest HR% in franchise history for anyone with 2 or more HRs.

 

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Tristram12
Tristram12
11 years ago

Phils double-digit loss to the Mets makes me revisit this game for comfort – http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI198506110.shtml
We’ll always have Von Hayes 🙂

birtelcom
birtelcom
11 years ago

Mets have a +36 run differential over their last six games. Second highest run differential over any six-game stretch in Mets franchise history.

Voomo Zanzibar
11 years ago

big hunk o cheese in the sky unglued some pitchers today

kds
kds
11 years ago

The list of pitchers with multiple Cy Young’s and bad seasons is a little unfair to Maddux since his is the only one in the list from before he became a great pitcher. Jordan Zimmermann’s streak of 6+ innings per start is 2nd behind Verlander, he has 59 in a row.

nightfly
11 years ago
Reply to  kds

Well, there’s an honorable mention for that list: Roy Halladay. Two Cy Young Awards, but before all that, his epic 10+ ERA season for Toronto (ERA+ of 48). He escapes the clutches of JA’s round-up because his 19 games included 6 relief appearances.

Jimbo
Jimbo
11 years ago

Adam Dunn comes to the plate 4 times and makes no outs, and the fielders only get to touch the ball once.

347 pa’s

25 hr’s
66 bb’s
126 so’s

217 out of 347 = 62.5% of PA’s for the 3 true outcomes. Unreal pace.

Ed
Ed
11 years ago

Been waiting for a new edition of “Game Notes” so I could post this: Back on Sunday, the Indians first 6 hits all went for extra bases. Which got me to thinking…what’s the record for most hits in a game in which all the hits were extra bases? Turns out the record is 9 and it’s only been done once. On August 18, 1998, the Braves had 9 hits, all doubles (!) against the Giants. (Bstar…did you know the Braves held this record?). The Braves’ doubles attack was led by those noted doubles hitters Walt Weiss, Gerald Williams, and Danny… Read more »

Paul E
Paul E
11 years ago
Reply to  Ed

How about this one:
Most hits in a game while having all your teams hits?

Ed
Ed
11 years ago
Reply to  John Autin

John – Yes I know! And it’s good to know the pun-tiquette on the board. 🙂

BTW, a bit more on Kirk Rueter….the 31 doubles he gave up in 1998 occurred in 187 innings pitched. Of the 20 NL pitchers who threw between 167-207 innings that year, Rueter’s 31 doubles allowed ranks 14th (and that’s including the 7 he gave up in that game!). So he definitely wasn’t a pitcher who normally gave up a lot of doubles. The most doubles allowed by those 20 pitchers was 51 by Jamey Wright. Scott Karl with 48 was second.

bstar
bstar
11 years ago
Reply to  Ed

Ed, the only reason I did know that was because someone else on here pointed the same thing out recently in a different discussion. I can’t remember who it was or what the thread was about.

Jim Bouldin
Jim Bouldin
11 years ago

Twins have won 5 in a row and are 7 over since their low point in late May when they reached 17 under.

Paul E
Paul E
11 years ago
Reply to  Jim Bouldin

JB:
We’re literally at the half way point (81 G played for most teams). Some over/under Vegas numbers before the season started:

Toronto 81 (on pace for 82)
St. Louis 84 (on pace for 84)
Twins 73 1/2 (recovering, on pace for 71)
Tampa 86 (on pace for 86)

Insert Name Here
Insert Name Here
11 years ago

If you use WAR as a metric for determining the worst seasons by multiple-CYA winners (w/ at least 15 starts), then Carlton’s ’86 is the worst, at -2.5 WAR total between the Phillies and Giants. Lincecum, halfway through the season, is already at -1.7 WAR – if he plays the full season, he’ll likely shatter Carlton’s record. Seaver’s ’82 season (the worst by ERA+) clocks in at 3rd-worst, with a -0.9. Roy Halladay in 2000 and Denny McLain in 1972 both had 13 starts: Had they each pitched 2 more starts, Halladay’s would probably be the worst one of all… Read more »

Insert Name Here
Insert Name Here
11 years ago
Reply to  John Autin

I as well tend to use the “15 starts” minimum for starting pitching seasons… I think for me it comes from the fact that most modern teams have at least 4 starters each year with 15+ starts, from which you can get an idea of what that team’s starting pitching rotation may have been that season.

ATarwerdi96
11 years ago

Marco Estrada of the Brewers is having a strange season so far. If you look at most of his rate stats, they look outstanding: 7.8 H/9, 1.7 BB/9, 9.8 SO/9, 5.78 SO/BB. However, he is just 0-3 with a 4.31 ERA and a 97 ERA+. The reason? He has allowed 11 home runs in just 48 IP, a HR/9 rate of 2.1.

bstar
bstar
11 years ago
Reply to  John Autin

That was also Chipper’s first 5-hit game in Atlanta; his other two career 5-hitters were on the road.

Ed
Ed
11 years ago
Reply to  John Autin

Yeah but how about a walk off double-error??? (from Sunday)

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/double-error-game-winning-plays/

birtelcom
Editor
11 years ago

Mets got two runs scored each from their pitcher, their catcher and their shortstop. No MLB team had had multiple runs scored from those three positions in the same game since the Cubs in August 2009, and before that you have to go back to 2005.

GrandyMan
GrandyMan
11 years ago

So 5 different Brewers allowed home runs to 5 different Marlins. Have there been any other occasions where 5 different pitchers from one team have allowed home runs to 5 different batters from the other team?

Richard Chester
Richard Chester
11 years ago

It happened also on 9-2-2010 when the Tigers defeated the Twins 10-9 in 13 innings. Here are the batter-pitcher pairings: Kelly-Baker, Peralta-Flores, Raburn-Guerria, Wells-Crain and Laird-Blackburn.