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Scott Olsen of the Marlins pitched five innings against the Mets tonight and gave up eight runs, all of them unearned. He came out before the sixth. The Marlins made four errors, two each by Mike Jacobs and Miguel Cabrera as well as a passed ball from Miguel Olivo.
In the last 50 years, nine other pitchers had given up at least 8 runs in a game with none of them being earned. They are the rare mix of the mediocre and extremely unlucky, with the notable exception of Luis Tiant.
Andy Hawkins of the Yankees gave up 10 runs, all unearned in a start against the Orioles on June 5, 1989.
Hawkins gave up three unearned runs on a 2-out error by center fielder Jesse Barfield. The in the third, Steve Finley led off and reached on an error by Don Mattingly. Cal Ripken reached when Hawkins made a bad throw and Finley went to third. Mickey Tettleton hit a grounder to Steve Sax that he misplayed to allow Finley to score and send Ripken to third. Joe Orsulak singled in a run, but Tettleton was out going to third as Orsulak moved up. Jim Traber doubled home Orsulak. Larry Sheets got an intentional walk. Craig Worthington singled home Traber. Billy Ripken singled to load the bases. Yankees manager Dallas Green mercifully pulled Hawkins and replaced him with Churk Cary. Cary got Anderson to ground into a forceout (effectively the fifth out of the inning), but Finley followed with a grand slam.
Hawkins got into the game with a 6.29 ERA, gave up 10 runs in 2 1/3 innings, and left with an ERA of 6.08. What a country!
Being able to post here without an "A" restriction gives such a feeling of freedom!
Vin said that all of the runs charged to the pitcher that started the inning were unearned, but the reliever in that inning had all of his runs charged as earned, but the team stats would reflect all unearned runs for that inning.
Is that possible? Am I even remembering a real game?
Not the only one, but perhaps by the worst differential.
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