3-hit shutout
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.
Haha, who would have guessed that those three teams would be the first to accomplish that this year?
Comment by Samurai Sam — April 10, 2008 @ 11:13 pm