Tampa Bay’s Pitching Continues to Dominate
Posted by Raphy on May 15, 2008
Tampa Bay has just completed a 4 game stretch against the Yankees in which they allowed no more than 2 runs in any game. I was surprised to discover that this is not the first time in Tampa history that they have had a 4 game streak of that nature. From September 24 through September 27, 2000 the Devil Rays went 4 consecutive games without allowing more than 1 run in a game. Here are the game logs:
154 Sep 24 @TOR W 6-0 9 2 0 0 1 3 0 4.97 31 127 82 0 0 1 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 T.Harper (4-85) 155 Sep 25 @TOR W 5-1 9 5 1 1 3 5 1 4.94 33 105 63 2 0 0 0 0 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 P.Wilson (8-74),E.Yan (1),R.Hernandez (2) 156 Sep 26 NYY W 2-1 9 8 1 1 2 7 1 4.92 37 129 81 0 0 0 0 0 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 A.Lopez (5-72),R.Hernandez (0) 157 Sep 27 NYY W 11-1 9 7 1 1 2 5 0 4.89 35 123 81 0 0 1 0 0 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 C.Lidle (4-65),D.Wheeler (3)
Of course 2000 was the one season from 1999 until now that their pitching wasn't totally awful. By comparison: Since Tampa Bay's inagural season in 1998, there have been 70 streaks of 5 games or longer turned in by other major league teams.
May 15th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
I don't know what the alltime record is, but the 1906 Cubs had a *12* game stretch in which they allowed no more than 2 runs in any game, In fact, from 26 August to 1 September, they had a 7-game streak; on 2 Sept., they lost a game, 5-2; on 3 Sept., they started the streak of 12 games that went through the 16th. So that's 19 games out of 20.