A Thread For Starting Pitchers That Are Doing Really Well

Amazing that he got through the 8th inning on 3 pitches.

Future Guardian Triston McKenzie is perfect through seven (on 85 pitches).

n/m

Having a no hitter interrupted by a rain delay has got to be agonizing (Happening now in the Royals/Cubs game)

tanner houck hitless through 5

4 walks lol

hung a breaking ball for a homer

Corbin Burnes headed to the 8th (103 pitches, though).

they would be foolish, but

thanks for the heads up! burnes is ridiculous

through 8 at 114 pitches! :-o

craig counsell always seems like he's having the worst day of his life, and i imagine he's about to

115 pitches going into the 9th...Dan Plesac's nephew started for Cleveland; I totally associate his uncle with the Brewers, even though he played for many teams.

Burnes has 14 Ks and a walk; if he got three outs of any kind without a hit or a walk, would that give him a 100 Game Score?

burnes is out, only the combined no-hitter is in play, this is a second-rate no-hitter at best, i'm out

Smart move, I guess. A combined no-hitter holds less than zero interest for me.

9/11 will always be remembered as the day corbin burnes threw 8 pretty good innings

Combined GS of 102...except I don't think you can have a combined GS, right?

Would’ve been super cool but like you can’t push your best guy to throw 130 pitches

yeah, definitely. maybe a late career guy, or a lesser talent that might be having the best moment of his life or something, but not burnes. he's awesome

you totally can -- god knows pitchers have done it before -- but yeah not when you're cruising to a division title

gabe kapler would've left him in if he'd already allowed 5 runs

From the sublime to the ridiculous, Keegan Akin is 4 hours away from a 7-inning no-no

4 outs

now 3 outs

if he does it he will officially be a better pitcher than corbin burnes, who did not do it

nope, 7-inning no-hitters officially do not count, except in our hearts

**Cy Young is awarded to Burnes**

Burnes: Counsell, are they booing me?
Counsell: no, they were saying Boo-urns
Andrew Wagner: I was saying Boo-urns

i thought the combined no-hitter was the least respected form of no-hitter, but the 7 inning version is lower

fuck off vlad jr

I feel it to be essentially certain the Orioles blow the lead now

LOL

still a better pitcher than corbin burnes imo

Esoteric record...Most runs in an inning that breaks up a no-hitter in the 7th inning or later?

11 runs!

11 hits in the inning alone

I thought the Orioles had used up their capacity to surprise me but they just don't know the word quit

Houck perfect through 5 - and then pulled.

kershaw perfect through 6 innings, with 12 Ks, 69 pitches

7!

Shoot, guess he’s coming out.

i kinda assumed they'd pull him anyway, between it's dave roberts and it's 2022 clayton kershaw

no pressure, blake treinen, but...YOU MUST BE PERFECT or you're gonna let down dodger nation

Just finding out about this...6-0 lead, 80 pitches? Well, I'm sure you know what I think.

oh sorry, i guess ales vesia instead

i'd guess a lot of it has to do with short spring training, too, pitchers not being worked up to 100% yet

It’s a shame, but very understandable.

welp. sorry kid

that was in response to the hit just now. poor vesia

Hope the Dodgers lose, or hope they have to burn through four or five pitchers saving the win.

7 IP, 80 pitches, 13 Ks, 0 BBs

20 swinging strikes (!)

Well, what can you do against an elite hitter like, *checks notes*, Gary Sanchez