More Impressive Night: Garza or Mauer?
Last night, Matt Garza threw 120 pitches and made the Tigers lineup look like what is actually is: rubbish. He struck out six batters and surrendered only one walk to Brennan Boesch, in the second inning. Boesch was immediately erased on Ryan Raburn’s double-play ground ball. Garza only gave up three hard hit balls all night. Despite the Tigers lack of firepower, a no-hitter is a no-hitter. To retire 27 of 28 batters from any Major League club without giving up a hit is impressive. It was the 177th no-hitter in Major League history and the fifth no-no this season (sixth if had Jimmy Joyce called Jason Donald out at first).
Also last night, Joe Mauer went nuts on the Kansas City Royals pitching. In the midst of a 19-1 massacre over Kansas City, Joe Ma racked up five hits, including three singles, a double and a home run. He scored three runs and also had a measly seven rbis. Had he not been replaced in the bottom of the eighth inning, he would have had a sixth plate appearance. Why he wasn’t replaced earlier (say when it was 14-0 in the sixth inning) is beyond me. Maybe Ron Gardenhire was trying to pad his stats to help justify Mauer’s new eight year, $184 million deal. Either way, nasty night. In the live ball era, it was the 44th time that a player has racked up five hits and seven or more rbis in one game.
So, IASID faithful, whose night was more impressive: Garza’s or Mauer’s?
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Georgs, I think you might be able to no-hit the Tigers in their current state…the Tigers couldn't hit or lay off a high fastball.
I vote for Mauer.
*Goergs
Thanks Tiger Fan.
Cycles: 230
No Hitters: 176
5 hit 7 rbi games: 44
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