Walkout of the year
There was no uglier game in baseball all season than an April 29 disaster involving the Astros and Brewers. The two pitching staffs combined to issue 23 walks. And that was just the beginning.
The losing team (the Brewers) gave up 10 runs -- on five hits. The winning team (the Astros) threw more balls (70) than strikes (69). Brewers starter Everett Stull gave up seven runs on one hit.
The Astros had more runs (three) than fair balls (two) in the first inning. The Astros also batted around in the fourth inning -- on one hit. The two starting pitchers, Stull and Scott Elarton, combined for 17 walks (most by any two starters in 25 years). Craig Biggio, incredibly, reached base five times without putting a ball in play (three walks, two HBPs). And the two teams combined for 630 yards worth of walks.
"I've got one question," said Astros broadcast witticist Jim Deshaies. "If this was a walkathon, how much money would we have raised?"
This came from espn of course which is a very interesting read.
There was no uglier game in baseball all season than an April 29 disaster involving the Astros and Brewers. The two pitching staffs combined to issue 23 walks. And that was just the beginning.
The losing team (the Brewers) gave up 10 runs -- on five hits. The winning team (the Astros) threw more balls (70) than strikes (69). Brewers starter Everett Stull gave up seven runs on one hit.
The Astros had more runs (three) than fair balls (two) in the first inning. The Astros also batted around in the fourth inning -- on one hit. The two starting pitchers, Stull and Scott Elarton, combined for 17 walks (most by any two starters in 25 years). Craig Biggio, incredibly, reached base five times without putting a ball in play (three walks, two HBPs). And the two teams combined for 630 yards worth of walks.
"I've got one question," said Astros broadcast witticist Jim Deshaies. "If this was a walkathon, how much money would we have raised?"
This came from espn of course which is a very interesting read.
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