Strassmas report: Through four innings, six strikeouts, one run, but 73 pitches. Nationals leading 2-1, and let me tell you, his 95 MPH curveball breaks like a frisbee.
Update: seven strikeouts through five, stranding the leadoff hitter who had doubled.
Up-update: eight strikeouts through six. 95 pitches, so he's probably leaving, with at least a 2-1 lead.
On the downside, this game might not sell out. Stay tuned.
Herb Score's record (
50 strikeouts in his first 5 games) remains. Deep sigh of relief.
Hey, HD MM, how many strikeouts did Herb Score have through six games?
Meanwhile, Lester has a no-hitter through three, as the Red Sox lead, 11-0
Red Sox update: Toronto had just been mathemetically eliminated from winning, since the score is now 13-0 and, according to Yahoo Answers, no major league baseball team has ever come back from 13 runs down.
The biggest deficit that a team ever overcame to win a game is 12 runs. The Tigers were down 13-1 going into the bottom of the 5th inning on 6/18/1911. They won the game 16-15.
The A's tied this mark when they were down 14-2 in a game on 6/15/1925. They won the game 17-15...
On August 5th, 2001, The Indians completed the biggest comeback in MLB History. Being down to the Seattle Mariners, 12-0 in the 4th, and 14-2 in the 6th, the Indians rallied to win, 15-14 in 11 innings. Thus, it became know by baseball fans as The Impossible Return
It ain't over until it's over.
-Yogi Berra
-AntAltMike
