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Scott Baker strikes out four batters in third inning

Do not adjust your sets - or your box scores.  In the bottom of the third inning in Sunday's game, Scott Baker struck out Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder (who reached first as the ball got away from Mike Redmond), Russell Branyan, and Mike Cameron.

And so, did you know...

  • Baker is the first Twin to ever strike out four batters in the same inning.
  • Going back to the Senators days of the franchise, he's the first Senator/Twin to do it since Walter Johnson, on April 15, 1911.
  • He's the first player to do it in the major leagues since Brad Penny did it for the Dodgers, in the 2nd inning on September 22, 2006.
  • He's the first American League pitcher to accomplish the feat since Kaz Sasaki, who did it April 4, 2003 in the 9th inning for the Mariners.
  • And he is the first pitcher to strike out all four consecutively since Houston's Octavio Dotel did it on June 11, 2003.

Knowledge is power!

(All data from The Baseball Almanac.)

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It’s kind of amazing. After Fielder reached first on strikeout+wild pitch, I was thinking how rare it is that a guy strikes out 4 hitters in an inning. Not only do they have to strikeout 4 in a row, rare enough as it is, but that feat has to start with no outs in an inning, AND had to include a hitter reaching on one of those strikeouts.

And then, a little bit later, he actually DID it. I was on my way home from Chicago at the time, and stopped in Milwaukee to see the last two games of the series, and i gave Baker a hell of an applause after that little feat.

"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane

by AdamOnFirst on Jun 16, 2008 3:36 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

congrats

on making the Featured Posts section at www.sbnation.com

well done, braniac.

by Jesse on Jun 16, 2008 9:10 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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