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Back to Back Starts 25 Pitches or Less

Posted by Raphy on May 18, 2009

John Lackey is getting set to pitch against the Mariners and presumably he will throw more than 25 pitches.  If he doesn't, he will join a group of 3 other pitchers since 1988 who have gone 2 consecutive games, both starts, without throwing more than 25 pitches:

                   StreakStart  Streak End Games   W   L   GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR   ERA  HBP  WP  BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 Brad Radke         2002-05-13  2002-05-30     2    0   0   2   0   0   0   0    2.1    2    1    1    0    2   1   3.86   0   0   0 MIN
 Scott Scudder      1992-09-17  1992-09-24     2    0   1   2   0   0   0   0    0.1    5    7    6    3    1   0 162.00   0   1   0 CLE
 Brian Bohanon      1992-04-22  1992-04-27     2    0   0   2   0   0   0   0    0.2    8    9    7    2    1   2  94.50   0   0   0 TEX                              

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