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rscWe went to our first Red Sox game of the season yesterday. The team has been having, um, issues lately, including two successive losses to last night's opponent (the Guardians), and it was rather chilly for baseball (around 50F), so I approached the game with some trepidation.
But the Guardians seemed to have no idea what to do with Tanner Houck (the Sox' starting pitcher), who ended up pitching a three-hit complete-game shutout. (How many starters pitch complete games of any kind these days?) The Sox won 2-0. The game lasted... wait for it... one hour and forty-nine minutes.
Oh, yes, Houck struck out 9 and walked none, and threw a grand total of 94 pitches. A complete-game shutout with less than 100 pitches is called a "Maddux" because Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux was a master of such performances. They're pretty rare.
A very satisfactory evening at the ballpark. And we were one before 10:30.
But the Guardians seemed to have no idea what to do with Tanner Houck (the Sox' starting pitcher), who ended up pitching a three-hit complete-game shutout. (How many starters pitch complete games of any kind these days?) The Sox won 2-0. The game lasted... wait for it... one hour and forty-nine minutes.
Oh, yes, Houck struck out 9 and walked none, and threw a grand total of 94 pitches. A complete-game shutout with less than 100 pitches is called a "Maddux" because Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux was a master of such performances. They're pretty rare.
A very satisfactory evening at the ballpark. And we were one before 10:30.
