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ShareThisGio “Teflon” Gonzalez
Last night the A's overcame Gio Gonzalez's nightmarish start to stun the Twins 14-13. Gonzalez allowed 10 hits and 11 runs in 2 and 2/3 innings. His game score of -8 was by far the worst for any pitcher on a winning team since 1954. Here are the previous "leaders" in this category:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str **GmSc** IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Jaime Navarro 1997-07-31 CHW @ANA W 14-12 GS-5 4.2 11 11 10 2 1 1 83 51 -1 27 24 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.29 2 Aaron Sele 1998-06-03 TEX @OAK W 16-10 GS-5 4 12 10 8 3 2 2 103 53 1 28 23 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 3 Andy Pettitte 1996-04-30 NYY @BAL W 13-10 GS-2 1 8 9 8 2 0 1 1 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 72.00 4 Al Nipper 1987-05-31 BOS @CHW W 10-9 GS-2 1.1 7 9 9 2 1 2 3 15 11 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 60.75 5 Geoff Zahn 1980-04-27 MIN OAK W 20-11 GS-5 4.1 14 8 8 2 2 0 3 26 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.62 6 Jon Garland 2007-08-02 CHW @NYY W 13-9 GS-2 1.1 9 8 8 0 1 1 56 38 5 13 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54.00 7 Ryan Dempster 2002-08-04 CIN @SDP W 15-10 GS-5 4 10 10 10 1 4 1 78 48 5 23 21 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22.50 8 Dan Wright 2001-08-22 CHW @KCR W 13-12 GS-1 0.2 9 7 7 1 0 0 31 19 5 11 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94.50 9 Bill Pulsipher 1998-09-11 MIL @CHC W 13-11 GS-5 4.2 11 9 9 2 1 3 98 63 5 27 23 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.36 10 Charles Nagy 1998-03-31 CLE @SEA W 10-9 GS-5 4.2 12 9 9 2 3 4 5 27 23 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17.36 11 Juan Guzman 1993-05-30 TOR @OAK W 13-11 GS-3 2.1 7 9 9 3 1 1 75 42 5 17 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.71
Gonzalez recieved a no-decision for his efforts. His game score was the second worst for any starting pitcher not given a loss since 1954. Here are the previous "leaders":
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str **GmSc** IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Zack Greinke 2005-06-10 KCR @ARI L 11-12 GS-5 4.1 15 11 11 2 2 3 94 55 -11 29 27 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22.85 2 Ramon Ortiz 2000-09-03 ANA @CHW L 12-13 GS-1 0.2 8 9 9 2 0 0 43 22 -2 12 9 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 121.50 3 Jaime Navarro 1997-07-31 CHW @ANA W 14-12 GS-5 4.2 11 11 10 2 1 1 83 51 -1 27 24 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 19.29 4 Jason Jacome 1996-04-15 KCR CHW L 10-11 GS-2 1.1 8 9 9 3 0 2 59 31 -1 15 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60.75 5 Josh Fogg 2003-09-19(1) PIT CHC L 9-10 GS-3 2.1 9 9 9 3 0 2 54 29 0 19 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.71 6 Bob Forsch 1980-04-22 STL @CHC L 12-16 GS-5 4.2 14 9 9 2 2 1 0 28 25 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17.36 7 Scott Feldman 2008-08-12 TEX @BOS L 17-19 GS-3 2.2 10 12 6 3 2 2 90 51 1 22 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 20.25 8 Aaron Sele 1998-06-03 TEX @OAK W 16-10 GS-5 4 12 10 8 3 2 2 103 53 1 28 23 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 9 Andy Pettitte 1996-04-30 NYY @BAL W 13-10 GS-2 1 8 9 8 2 0 1 1 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 72.00
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