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3-hit shutout

Posted by Andy on April 10, 2008

Tampa Bay won today hurling a 3-hit shutout against the Mariners.

Here are all their such games in history:

 Year Games Link to Individual Games
+----+-----+-------------------------+
 1999     4 Ind. Games
 2003     3 Ind. Games
 2000     3 Ind. Games
 1998     3 Ind. Games
 2006     2 Ind. Games
 2004     2 Ind. Games
 2001     1 Ind. Games

These are games allowing 0 runs and 3 or fewer hits. They didn't do it once last year.

By comparison, here are the team totals from last year:

 Tm  Year Games Link to Individual Games
+---+----+-----+-------------------------+
 SDP 2007     7 Ind. Games
 NYM 2007     5 Ind. Games
 TOR 2007     4 Ind. Games
 OAK 2007     4 Ind. Games
 DET 2007     4 Ind. Games
 CHW 2007     4 Ind. Games
 CHC 2007     4 Ind. Games
 BOS 2007     4 Ind. Games
 BAL 2007     4 Ind. Games
 ARI 2007     4 Ind. Games
 STL 2007     3 Ind. Games
 SEA 2007     3 Ind. Games
 WSN 2007     2 Ind. Games
 TEX 2007     2 Ind. Games
 SFG 2007     2 Ind. Games
 NYY 2007     2 Ind. Games
 MIN 2007     2 Ind. Games
 FLA 2007     2 Ind. Games
 CIN 2007     2 Ind. Games
 PIT 2007     1 Ind. Games
 PHI 2007     1 Ind. Games
 LAD 2007     1 Ind. Games
 LAA 2007     1 Ind. Games
 KCR 2007     1 Ind. Games
 COL 2007     1 Ind. Games
+---+----+-----+-------------------------+
 Tm  Year Games Link to Individual Games
+---+----+-----+-------------------------+
 CLE 2007     1 Ind. Games
 ATL 2007     1 Ind. Games                

In addition to the Rays, the Brewers and the Astros didn't do it in 2007.

This year, only the Rays, Royals, and Nationals have done it so far.

One Response to “3-hit shutout”

  1. Samurai Sam Says:

    Haha, who would have guessed that those three teams would be the first to accomplish that this year?