I guess HBP's can't be challenged, or they would have challenged the call. I can't think of a reason why they shouldn't be challenged though, unless umps feel it falls into the same category as arguing balls and strikes.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 21 June 2015 17:39 (eight years ago) link
There's a very long answer to this question that'll be in front of the paywall for at least the next few hours:
In his last two starts, Scherzer has game scores of 100 and 97. Has anyone ever had consecutive games above 95...or 90 for that matter?Asked by: Chihuahua332
http://www.billjamesonline.com/hey_bill/#46480
― clemenza, Monday, 22 June 2015 03:10 (eight years ago) link
It's not 1998, you don't have to wait for Bill James.
Here's another way to look at it: Scherzer had back-to-back Game Scores of 100 and 97. According to the Baseball-Reference Play Index, since 1914 only one starter had registered consecutive Game Scores of at least 95 or higher in the same season: R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets in 2012, when the knuckleballer threw back-to-back one-hitters, with two walks and 25 strikeouts (and an unearned run in one of the games). His Game Scores were 95 and 96. Nolan Ryan, author of seven no-hitters, came closest to matching Vander Meer when he pitched a no-hitter on July 15, 1973, a 17-strikeout game that scored 100. In his next start, he took a no-hitter into the seventh inning (although he'd allowed an unearned run in the first). Ryan would pitch into the 11th inning that day, eventually losing the game and finishing with a Game Score of 87.
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/59400/max-scherzer-now-the-best-pitcher-in-the-game
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 June 2015 14:12 (eight years ago) link
(you would probably use a one-year subscrip to the Play Index a lot more than i would, clem -- you can also get a discount with the coupon code "bp")
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 June 2015 14:14 (eight years ago) link
marco estrada is perfect through seven
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
wrong day for the jays to go silent at the plate
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
Donaldson!!!
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
u gotta box him out, rays fans!
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
god logan forsythe what an asshole
― definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 24 June 2015 18:17 (eight years ago) link
sadness
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 18:17 (eight years ago) link
I always liked Estrada; great to see him do well
― Evan R, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 18:37 (eight years ago) link
this game continues to be ridiculous, btw
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 24 June 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
Do the Rays have any real hits in this game? Everything is a bloop or a squibber between a bunch of fielders.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 19:29 (eight years ago) link
kiermeier's double in the ninth was a real hit (and a single for pretty much everyone else)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
its still going? christ on a cracker
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
Kinda early, but given the context, Max Scherzer...
― Andy K, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:25 (eight years ago) link
surprised that something so obvious would actually happen
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link
starts very much in character
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:35 (eight years ago) link
galvised
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:42 (eight years ago) link
last to throw five perfect in three straight starts was doyle alexander in '76
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 June 2015 01:06 (eight years ago) link
Carrasco is into the 9th--one out, two on (HBP + something else, not a hit).
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 July 2015 01:46 (eight years ago) link
Geez...McCovey/Richardson, wrong result.
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 July 2015 01:50 (eight years ago) link
didn't tune in. still into wins and losses.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 July 2015 01:55 (eight years ago) link
smh
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 July 2015 01:57 (eight years ago) link
btw: http://milkeespress.com/lostninth.html
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 July 2015 02:05 (eight years ago) link
Something that actually crossed my mind seconds before it happened: "Joey Butler just sounds like the name of someone who'd break up a no-hitter with two out in the 9th."
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 July 2015 02:13 (eight years ago) link
Anibal Sanchez through seven
― Andy K, Saturday, 4 July 2015 01:05 (eight years ago) link
At 90 pitches
Jon Lester, only through 5, BUT also had his first ever career hit
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 7 July 2015 01:24 (eight years ago) link
Cueto was filthy last night. It was one of his best games as a Red. Nats really didn't have much at all against him, he seemed to be ahead early on every count. Johnny has added this little extended pause to his wind up this year. It's a funky timing thing that has to seem weird to some batters.
― earlnash, Thursday, 9 July 2015 02:43 (eight years ago) link
Greinke within reach of a Maddux. 88 pitches. 1 hit. 9 SO. 0 BB.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 10 July 2015 04:04 (eight years ago) link
with one inning left.
bleh they went with peralta for the last inning
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 10 July 2015 04:18 (eight years ago) link
Hamels
― Bee OK, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link
thru 8!
― Bee OK, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:25 (eight years ago) link
118 pitches, 2 outs to go
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:40 (eight years ago) link
wow
― Bee OK, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:41 (eight years ago) link
one out away.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link
what a catch
― Bee OK, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:44 (eight years ago) link
129 pitches?
― Andy K, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:44 (eight years ago) link
ha whoa
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:45 (eight years ago) link
crazy last play!
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:45 (eight years ago) link
"Excellent, unbelievable catch."
― Andy K, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:46 (eight years ago) link
might be his last game as a Phillies, what a way to go out.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:49 (eight years ago) link
yea that is kinda badass
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 25 July 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link
@CubsNoHitStreakNo. 7,921: Cole Hamels has no-hit the Cubs. The Streak dies.
The Streak dies.
― Andy K, Saturday, 25 July 2015 23:11 (eight years ago) link
<3 cole 4eva
― Mordy, Sunday, 26 July 2015 02:20 (eight years ago) link
The multi-decade cubs streak finally ends!
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Sunday, 26 July 2015 04:45 (eight years ago) link
Hamels needs a trade to a contender and a fresh start in the worst way. I'm guessing that nobody in baseball history has been traded after throwing a no-hitter?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 26 July 2015 07:32 (eight years ago) link
As in traded before their next start, not in the same season.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 26 July 2015 07:33 (eight years ago) link