Starting pitchers across baseball made collective history on Tuesday night as the day marked the first time since 1901 that five different starters have gone 7.0 shutout innings with no walks.
This is the first time in the modern era 5 different MLB starting pitchers have done that on the same day.This is the first time in the modern era 5 different MLB starting pitchers have done that on the same day.Because of the increased hunt for velocity and the increased desire for elite spin rates, hitting has never been harder and it was just punctuated on Tuesday night.against the Washington Nationals. He gave up three hits, no walks and struck out six. He now has an ERA of 2.
There were 30 teams effectively in action in Tuesday and 11 of those teams scored two runs or less.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady.
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