Baseball is Weird: Zack Greinke's Scoreless Innings Streak Ends at 45.2 to ... the Mets?
By Rob Perez
Twas fun while it lasted…
Tip of the cap to you, Zack. http://t.co/HEBAMvST6z #AceStatus pic.twitter.com/XkAAL55jce
— MLB (@MLB) July 26, 2015
Coming into today’s start, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke had not allowed a single run for 43.2 straight innings. The MLB record-holder of this impressive statistic is Orel Hershiser, who once pitched 59 consecutive innings without allowing an opposing player to cross home plate.
Well, for Greinke (with Hershiser in the booth commentating the game for Time Warner Cable SportsNet LA) — the streak ended today at 45.2 against the New York Mets.
Zack Greinke’s scoreless streak
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) July 26, 2015
6/18/2015-7/26/2015 pic.twitter.com/DMPXOsiBoK
Of all teams to break the streak … the Mets. Yes, the same feeble New York Mets who, this weekend, became the second team since 1920 to start 4/5 hitters with batting averages under .180.
Elias: tonight, the NYM became the 2nd team since 1920 to start No. 4 and No.5 hitters with batting averages under .180 and at least 100 ABs
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 24, 2015
In the most Mets way ever, they manufactured the run via the following sequence:
- Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit by pitch
- Kevin Plawecki single
- Nieuwenhuis advances to third on Joc Pederson error
- Nieuwenhuis scores on fielder’s choice to first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.
Confirming, once again: Baseball is weird.