Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Buehrle's Streak

Mark Buehrle retired 45 batters in a row to set a new major league record:
  • (July 18 vs. BAL) Markakis flied out to center fielder Wise.
  • (July 23 vs TBR) Upton grounded out, second baseman Nix to first baseman Fields.
  • Crawford grounded out, pitcher Buehrle to first baseman Fields.
  • Longoria struck out.
  • Pena fouled out to first baseman Fields.
  • Zobrist struck out.
  • Burrell flied out to right fielder Dye.
  • Kapler flied out to left fielder Quentin.
  • Hernandez grounded out, shortstop Ramirez to first baseman Fields.
  • Bartlett flied out to left fielder Quentin.
  • Upton struck out.
  • Crawford flied out to left fielder Quentin.
  • Longoria lined out to shortstop Ramirez.
  • Pena grounded out, first baseman Fields to pitcher Buehrle.
  • Zobrist grounded out, shortstop Ramirez to first baseman Fields.
  • Burrell struck out.
  • Kapler grounded out, third baseman Beckham to first baseman Fields.
  • Hernandez grounded out, third baseman Beckham to first baseman Fields.
  • Bartlett grounded out, shortstop Ramirez to first baseman Fields.
  • Upton grounded out, shortstop Ramirez to first baseman Fields.
  • Crawford grounded out, pitcher Buehrle to first baseman Fields.
  • Longoria flied out to right fielder Dye.
  • Pena struck out.
  • Zobrist fouled out to third baseman Beckham.
  • Burrell lined out to third baseman Beckham.
  • Kapler flied out to center fielder Wise.
  • Hernandez struck out.
  • Bartlett grounded out, shortstop Ramirez to first baseman Fields.
  • (July 28 vs MIN) D.Span grounded out, first baseman Konerko to pitcher Buehrle.
  • Mauer grounded out, second baseman Getz to first baseman Konerko.
  • Morneau flied out to right fielder Dye.
  • Cuddyer grounded out, third baseman Beckham to first baseman Konerko.
  • Crede popped out to second baseman Getz.
  • B.Harris grounded out, shortstop Al.Ramirez to first baseman Konerko.
  • C.Gomez struck out.
  • Punto grounded out, third baseman Beckham to first baseman Konerko.
  • A.Casilla grounded out, third baseman Beckham to first baseman Konerko.
  • D.Span grounded out, first baseman Konerko to pitcher Buehrle.
  • Mauer struck out.
  • Morneau grounded out, second baseman Getz to first baseman Konerko.
  • Cuddyer struck out.
  • Crede grounded out, shortstop Al.Ramirez to first baseman Konerko.
  • B.Harris grounded out, shortstop Al.Ramirez to first baseman Konerko.
  • C.Gomez fouled out to third baseman Beckham.
  • Punto grounded out, second baseman Getz to first baseman Konerko.
Buehrle broke the record of 41 in a row that was shared by Jim Barr, a Giants starter in the 1970's, and Buehrle's teammate Bobby Jenks.

Barr retired 41 batters over two starts in 1972 but didn't get a no-hitter out of the deal: pitcher Bob Moose led off an inning with a walk before Barr retired 21 in a row to finish a shutout against the Pirates. Barr retired the first 20 he faced in St. Louis six days later. Bernie Carbo doubled to left to snap the streak.

Jenks, as a closer, did it over 14 games in the summer of 2007. After Ryan Garko homered on July 17, Jenks mowed through everyone until Joey Gathright snapped his streak with a ground ball single to left on August 20.

Fifteen perfect innings. Good job Mark.

2 comments:

Ted Simmons Speed Camp said...

"Kapler flied out to Center Fielder Wise" makes it sound so routine...

Theron Schultz said...

That's kind of cool though - people 20 years from now will get to discover just how exciting the play actually was.