Josh Hamilton’s Night From Hell

by Bill Chuck on June 19, 2013

The Mariners defeated the Angels last night, 3-2, in 10 innings.

Josh Hamilton went 0-5, with two strikeouts, which were his best at bats of the night.

Each of his other three trips to the plate Hamilton hit into double plays.

This is only the second time Hamilton has hit into more than one DP in his career

Rk Date Tm Opp Rslt PA AB R H SO GDP
1 2013-06-18 LAA SEA L 2-3 5 5 0 0 2 3
2 2010-07-18 TEX BOS W 4-2 4 4 1 1 0 2
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He has struck out two or more times 176 times in his career, 23 times this season

Rk Year # PA AB SO
1 2012 44 Ind. Games 197 184 104
2 2008 31 Ind. Games 140 129 73
3 2009 25 Ind. Games 107 98 54
4 2013 23 Ind. Games 106 100 50
5 2011 23 Ind. Games 107 98 54
6 2010 18 Ind. Games 80 74 43
7 2007 12 Ind. Games 57 52 28
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This is only the second time since 1916 that a player has had a game of two whiffs paired with three DPs.

Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt PA AB SO GDP
1 Josh Hamilton 2013-06-18 LAA SEA L 2-3 5 5 2 3
2 Jeff King 1990-07-02 PIT SDP W 4-3 6 6 2 3
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There have been 106 different players who have hit into three DPs in a game

Only two have done it twice

Rk Player # PA AB BB GDP
1 Billy Conigliaro 2 9 8 1 6
2 Dave Concepcion 2 7 7 0 6
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Pirates whiff 17 times, but beat Reds

by Bill Chuck on June 19, 2013

Mat Latos had nine of Cincinnati’s 17 strikeouts against the Pirates, but took the loss in a 4-0 defeat.

Reds pitching against the Bucs

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO BF Pit Str
Mat Latos, L (6-1) 5 3 3 3 3 9 21 88 58
Manny Parra 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 17 12
Curtis Partch 2 1 1 1 3 3 10 35 20
J.J. Hoover 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 15 9
Team Totals 9 4 4 4 6 17 37 155 99
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This is the second time this season that the Reds recorded 17 strikeouts

15 17+ strikeout games this season

Teams with 17+ whiffs have an 8-7 record

Rk Date Tm Opp Rslt IP H R ER BB SO Pit Str
1 2013-06-18 CIN PIT L 0-4 9.0 4 4 4 6 17 155 99
2 2013-06-13 CHC CIN W 6-5 14.0 13 5 5 5 19 237 155
3 2013-06-10 TBR BOS L 8-10 14.0 15 10 10 8 17 264 165
4 2013-06-08 MIA NYM W 2-1 20.0 13 1 1 9 19 294 198
5 2013-06-05 CHW SEA W 7-5 16.0 16 5 5 7 19 244 153
6 2013-05-10 TBR SDP W 6-3 9.0 5 3 3 4 18 169 110
7 2013-05-02 HOU DET L 3-7 14.0 15 7 6 6 18 221 141
8 2013-05-02 DET HOU W 7-3 14.0 6 3 3 2 18 205 130
9 2013-04-29 OAK LAA W 10-8 19.0 15 8 8 6 18 300 188
10 2013-04-29 LAA OAK L 8-10 18.2 15 10 8 6 17 297 185
11 2013-04-26 DET ATL W 10-0 9.0 5 0 0 1 18 130 91
12 2013-04-17 DET SEA W 2-1 14.0 11 1 1 4 19 211 141
13 2013-04-17 SEA DET L 1-2 14.0 8 2 2 4 21 204 135
14 2013-04-12 DET OAK L 3-4 11.1 8 4 3 3 17 186 118
15 2013-04-01 CIN LAA L 1-3 13.0 6 3 3 7 17 220 133
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This is the 15th time that the Reds have struck out 17

The Reds are 7-8 in 17+ strikeout games

Rk Date Tm Opp Rslt IP H R ER BB SO Pit Str
1 2013-06-18 CIN PIT L 0-4 9.0 4 4 4 6 17 155 99
2 2013-04-01 CIN LAA L 1-3 13.0 6 3 3 7 17 220 133
3 2012-05-06 CIN PIT W 5-0 9.0 3 0 0 3 17 153 101
4 2011-08-28 CIN WSN W 5-4 14.0 17 4 4 5 19 235 148
5 2008-07-22 CIN SDP W 4-3 11.0 6 3 3 3 18 183 120
6 2008-05-25 CIN SDP L 9-12 17.2 18 12 9 6 19 301 187
7 2008-05-23 CIN SDP W 3-2 9.0 5 2 2 3 17 146 91
8 2007-07-18 CIN ATL W 5-4 15.0 18 4 4 4 19 235 154
9 1998-05-16 CIN CHC L 4-5 9.0 11 5 4 6 17 167 96
10 1983-05-06 CIN NYM L 4-7 12.2 7 7 7 4 17
11 1978-10-01 CIN ATL W 10-8 14.0 16 8 7 6 19
12 1967-09-01 CIN SFG L 0-1 21.0 15 1 1 4 18
13 1967-04-20 CIN LAD W 3-1 13.0 9 1 1 5 17
14 1965-06-14 CIN NYM L 0-1 11.0 2 1 1 1 18
15 1964-09-30 CIN PIT L 0-1 16.0 5 1 1 3 19
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This is the 15th time that the Pirates have struck out 17+ times in a game

The Pirates are 5-10 when striking out 17+ times

Rk Date Tm Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO
1 2013-06-18 PIT CIN W 4-0 37 30 4 4 0 1 0 4 6 17
2 2012-08-19 PIT STL W 6-3 76 66 6 16 3 1 1 6 6 19
3 2012-07-15 PIT MIL L 1-4 32 32 1 5 1 0 1 1 0 17
4 2012-05-20 PIT DET L 3-4 35 33 3 6 2 0 2 3 1 17
5 2012-05-06 PIT CIN L 0-5 36 32 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 17
6 2011-07-26 PIT ATL L 3-4 76 66 3 13 0 1 1 3 7 20
7 2010-08-14 PIT HOU L 2-3 36 33 2 6 0 1 1 2 1 17
8 2010-06-08 PIT WSN L 2-5 31 31 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 17
9 2010-04-28 PIT MIL W 6-5 60 54 6 13 1 0 4 6 5 19
10 1999-10-01 PIT NYM L 2-3 45 39 2 7 0 0 0 2 4 17
11 1997-07-21 PIT PHI W 3-2 34 32 3 7 1 1 2 3 1 17
12 1995-06-14 PIT LAD L 5-8 40 35 5 8 1 0 1 5 4 17
13 1966-05-21 PIT LAD L 4-5 49 45 4 12 2 0 0 4 2 17
14 1964-09-30 PIT CIN W 1-0 56 51 1 5 1 0 0 1 3 19
15 1958-09-22 (1) PIT PHI L 2-3 53 49 2 9 0 0 1 2 2 21
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Latos’ loss ended a streak of 21 regular-season starts without a loss

Latos longest streaks

Rk Strk Start End Games W L GS CG IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Tm
1 2012-08-29 2013-06-13 21 10 0 21 0 138.1 119 48 43 37 118 10 2.80 CIN
2 2012-04-24 2012-07-13 15 7 0 15 2 94.1 79 40 36 25 92 15 3.43 CIN
3 2010-06-10 2010-07-29 8 6 0 8 0 51.1 33 9 8 14 57 4 1.40 SDP
4 2012-07-23 2012-08-19 6 3 0 6 0 42.1 30 9 7 14 34 2 1.49 CIN
5 2010-08-08 2010-09-07 6 3 0 6 0 39.0 25 6 6 8 51 2 1.38 SDP
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The Blown Saves Report: Games of June 18

June 19, 2013

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Another five-run Verlander outing

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Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler take two

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Two potential aces: Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler led the Mets to a doubleheader sweep of the Atlanta Braves. In the opener, Harvey didn’t allow a hit until the 7th inning, and even then it was a scratch infield hit, and struck out a career-high 13 as New York held off the Braves 4-3. In [...]

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Red Sox sweep the Rays

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The Red Sox swept a doubleheader for the first time since 8/27/11 versus Oakland. Jonny Gomes hit a two-run walkoff homer in the 9th inning of the nightcap to give Boston a 3-1 win over the Rays. This was Boston’s sixth walkoff win of the season, doubling their total from all of last season. The [...]

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MLB SCHEDULE: JUNE 19, 2013

June 19, 2013

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MLB SCOREBOARD: JUNE 18, 2013

June 19, 2013

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Chris Davis hits #24, already topping 2007 O’s

June 18, 2013

Once again, the story last night in Detroit for the Tigers was Max Scherzer in their 5-1 win over the Orioles. However, once again the story last night for the Orioles was Chris Davis slamming his major league leading 24th homer of the season. Davis has already hit more homers than any member of the [...]

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