Ex-UK star and Ashland native Brandon Webb puts his 33-inning consecutive streak on the line tonight when the left-hander pitches for the Arizona Diamondbacks in Atlanta. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner is 12-8 with a 2.77 ERA for the year, and hasn’t given up a run since the sixth inning on July 20 at the Chicago Cubs.
Here are Webb’s starts since then:
- Date Opp IP H R ER BB K HR Pit GB FB Dec ERA
- 7-25 Florida 7.0 6 0 0 3 8 0 108 13 3 W 9-8 3.23
- 7-31 @San Diego 7.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 111 7 6 W 10-8 3.08
- 8-5 @LA Dodgers 9.0 7 0 0 0 4 0 102 17 6 W 11-8 2.92
- 8-11 Washington 9.0 5 0 0 1 10 0 119 13 2 W 12-8 2.77
GB=ground ball outs
FB=fly ball outs
Here are the top 10 scoreless innings streaks:
- 1. Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 59.0
- 2. Don Drysdale, Los Angeles Dodgers 1968 58.0
- 3. Walter Johnson, Washington Senators 1913 55.2
- 4. Jack Coombs, Philadelphia A’s 1910 53.0
- 5. Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals 1968 47.0
- 6. Carl Hubbell, New York Giants 1933 45.1
- 7. Cy Young, Boston Red Sox 1904 45.0
- 7. Doc White, Chicago White Sox 1904 45.0
- 7. Sal Maglie, New York Giants 1950 45.0
- 10. Ed Reulbach, Chicago Cubs 1908 44.0
