Tigers - 000 021 000 - 3 9 0 Red Sox - 002 010 35x - 11 13 1For the second straight game, the Boston bats did their damage in the later innings. Mitch Moreland's two-run double in the seventh snapped a 3-3 tie, and the Red Sox poured on the insurance runs from there.
Chris Sale: 7-9-3-0-7, 110. The Red Sox banged out 13 hits and drew nine walks (three of them were intentional).
Moreland finished the night with two hits, two runs scored, two walks, and three RBI. Xander Bogaerts had three hits (including two doubles), two runs scored, and one RBI. Dustin Pedroia had two hits and scored three runs. Andrew Benintendi drove in three runs. And Josh Rutledge was on base five times, with two singles and three walks; he drove in two runs and also stole a base.
Everyone in the starting lineup had at least one hit except for Mookie Betts, but he did his part, walking three times and scoring a run.
The Yankees routed the Orioles 16-3, so Boston is still 3 GB. Baltimore is 5.5 GB.
Betts, RFOdd: Verlander and Sale each threw 39 pitches in the first inning of their last start.
Pedroia, 2B
Bogaerts, SS
Moreland, 1B
Benintendi, LF
Ramirez, DH
Bradley, CF
Rutledge, 3B
Leon, C
From MLB.com's preview: "Verlander will continue to chase history as he's struck out at least one batter in 327 consecutive games. The streak, which started in 2007, is the longest among active pitchers and the eighth-longest since 1913."
Naturally, I wondered about the seven streaks that were longer than Verlander's 327. So it was off to Baseball Reference's super-awesome Play Index.
GMS START END (STARTS-RELIEF) Nolan Ryan 382 September 15, 1979 May 27, 1992 382-0 Randy Johnson 351 April 20, 1989 August 20, 2000 342-9 Javier Vazquez 349 May 16, 2000 September 10, 2010 345-4 Dwight Gooden 349 April 7, 1984 September 3, 1997 347-2 Josh Beckett 335 September 4, 2001 August 3, 2014 332-3 Curt Schilling 331 July 6, 1993 July 21, 2005 325-6 Pedro Martinez 329 August 24, 1996 September 30, 2009 327-2 Justin Verlander 327 May 4, 2007 June 4, 2017 327-0 David Cone 319 September 24, 1989 September 20, 2000 317-2 Tom Seaver 312 August 22, 1967 July 8, 1976 308-4After the Top 10, the number of games drops. Ubaldo Jimenez is #11 with 285 games. (Link to BRef chart.)
Some other pitchers:
David Price and Clayton Kershaw are tied at #14 with 256 games.
Roger Clemens's streak was 201 games, tied for #34 with Steve Carlton.
Bob Gibson is #57 with 169 games.
Chris Sale is #65 with 161 games.
In addition to his streak of 351 games (#2), Randy Johnson also has a streak of 137 games (2000-2005) that ranks #97.
Elias, on the MFY's big win:
ReplyDeleteThe Yankees launched five home runs in Saturday night's 16–3 rout of the Orioles, one apiece by their starters in the third through seventh slots in the order: Aaron Judge, Matt Holliday, Starlin Castro, Gary Sanchez and Didi Gregorius. Each of those players also had at least two hits.
It is only the second time in Yankees history that five consecutive starters in any part of their order each homered and collected at least two hits in one game. The Yankees also did that on June 28, 1939 in a 23–2 rout of the Philadelphia Athletics. Six straight starters in the team’s lineup (slots three through eight) did so in that game at Shibe Park: Tommy Henrich, Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey, George Selkirk, Joe Gordon and Babe Dahlgren.