Pitched well enough for a shutout, got a ND instead.

digicat

Tonights Giants v Phillies game was pretty epic. Matt Cain went 9 innings of shutout baseball, then got pulled for a pinch hitter. Cliff Lee went 10 innings of shutout baseball before getting pulled for a pinch hitter. Both guys got no-decisions.

Anyone know what the record is for innings pitched in a "scoreless outing" where the starting pitcher got a no-decision?

PeteZaria

Not sure of the record, but it's at least 16 innings, by Gaylord Perry. link

markj111

This was a pretty good pitcchers duel, but both starting pitchers got a decision.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1

markj111

Another good one:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1

Seaver went 10, Don Wilson went 9. Jim Ray of the Astros pitched 7 innings in relief, with 11 Ks.

markj111

Not a shutout, but both pitchers threw a complete game:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Robins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 2
Braves 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

markj111

May went 12, Blue 11.


California 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 11 1
Oakland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 – 1 7 0

digicat

And now Cliff Lee is on the DL for hurting himself with a pitch in the 10th inning.

Pitchers these days don't seem to be built for the same sort of work load that pitchers of the old-days were.

Marichal threw over 200 pitches in his duel with Spahn. You just don't see that anymore.