A Thread For Starting Pitchers That Are Doing Really Well

~kluber~

fangraphs 'live' stats says that kluber's fip tonight was -0.97, which i didn't realize was possible

shelby miller through six, 63 pitches

Through 7, 73 pitches.

He has been a treat to watch all season.

8 IP/80 pitches/won't have to face Stanton or Ichiro in the 9th

the most exciting thing about this for me wd be an ohfer for Hechavarria

...who is leading off right now

BOUR

rude

did we really want aj pierzynski having caught three no-hitters tho

Ah well, 2 Madduxes in 3 starts is pretty good.

david price struck out seven straight batters, but then it ended ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Chris (Chuck) Heston thru 6 vs Mets

thru 7

last rookie to do a card trick?

can't believe you're wasting precious keystrokes on something so trivial

Joe Panik is fucking slaughtering my HACKING MASS team, that's what's important.

thru 8

last rook was Buchholz in 2007

Mets haven't been 0-hit since Darryl Kile in '93

was listening on the bus and will be able to see last inning.

lol that called strike to granderson

98 game score

@JeffPassan
Only five times before have pitchers thrown a no-hitter with no walks and plunked even one batter: Burdette, Horlen, Singer, Forsch, Brown.

@JeffPassan
Never before Chris Heston had anyone thrown a no-hitter with more than two HBP. Virgil Trucks and Bo Belinsky each hit a pair apiece.

http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/location.php?pitchSel=518790&game=gid_2015_06_09_sfnmlb_nynmlb_1/&batterX=&innings=nnnnnnnny&sp_type=1&s_type=3&league=mlb&pnf=&zlpo=

scherzer game score: 100

the helping hand of no-hitters

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-no-hitter-strike-zone-ninth-inning-changes-chris-heston/

Pineda through 6

nm

scherzer perfect through five, 55 pitches

seven, 78

Whoa, close.

lol damn

oopsie

What a cheap HBP...anyway, I wonder if that's the closest anyone's come since Vander Meer. And I'm quite sure Scherzer was more dominant than Vander Meer.

wau scherzer, wish I'd had enough presence of mind to start when I got the perfect through 6 at bat notification

*start watching

No surprise, not even remotely close, even allowing for strikeout inflation:

Scherzer -- 18 IP, 1 hit, 26 K, 0 BB, 1 HBP
Vander Meer -- 18 IP, 0 hits, 11 K, 11 BB, 0 HBP

best consecutive starts of all time m/l

game scores 100, 97

He gets the phillies next time

Couldn't find anything especially notable before or after Koufax's no-hitters. Found this for Pedro in 1999:

17 IP, 1 run, 3 hits, 32 K, 3 BB, 1 HBP, GS of 90/98

It's got to be the best back-to-back ever.

(Scherzer, I mean.)

i'm told there have never before been back-to-back 97+ game scores

lots of hot takes already on tabata, of course. it's going to be pretty shitty if mccutchen gets drilled tomorrow because of that

Steib's consecutive one-hitters in '88:

18 IP, 0 runs, 2 hits, 12 K, 3 BB, 2 HBP, Game Scores 91/88

Last two starts of the season...anyway, not close to Scherzer past hits and runs.

One more--Jim Tobin in 1944 (according to Jayson Stark, the only other time someone pitched a no-hitter and one-hitter back-to-back):

18 IP, 0 runs, 1 hit, 6 K (none in the one-hitter), 3 BB, 0 HBP, Game Scores 84/91

Different game, but again, not close.

ah dang i've missed this, will watch tomorrow.

Scherzer -- 18 IP, 1 hit, 26 K, 0 BB, 1 HBP

lol that xfip.

kinda fascinating to compare the career arcs of scherzer and verlander.

strange that umpires will add extra strikes in the 9th for a no-hitter but not deny a HBP that's leaned into, EXPPLICITLY AGAONST THE RULES.

(it was famously called to preserve the Drysdale '68 scoreless streak)

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.

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