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1| Projo Sox Blog found this 5/6/2008 on www.boston.com [flag] |
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Last major league pitcher to walk at least 8 and to allow 1 run or fewer: Doug Davis, 9/28/06, for Milwaukee at St. Louis in a 4-1 win (6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1ER, 8 BB, 7 SO).
In 1993, with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Tim Wakefield won 2 games in which he walked 9 batters and 1 game in which he walked 10 (10 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 10 BB, 1 SO, 4/27/93 at Atlanta ...
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Baseball Today: Tuesday, May 6
Published 5/6/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... two hours to throw 109 pitches, walk eight batters, and escape disaster through a combination of his admittedly superior skills (he allowed only one hit in those five innings), clutch pitching (a two-on, one-out strikeout of the sublime Magglio Ordonez in the fourth), and some luck (hard-hit balls that were caught, such as the two-out, two-on liner snared by J.D. Drew for the final out in the fifth, preserving a 4-1 lead). His performance was put into some historical perspective by Chuck Waseleski via the Boston Globe's Extra Bases blog. ...
