NO LOSSES HERE
In last night’s Freeway Series contest against the Los Angeles Angels, Tony Gonsolin of
the Los Angeles Dodgers improved to a perfect 8-0 on the season after firing 6.1 innings
of shutout ball. The right-hander permitted just one hit and tallied six strikeouts en route
to lowering his 2022 ERA to 1.42. Gonsolin’s ERA is the third-lowest in franchise history by
a pitcher through his first 12 starts of a season, trailing only Hall of Famer Don Drysdale’s
1.33 mark in 1968 and Hyun-Jin Ryu’s 1.35 ERA in 2019.
Additionally, the California native’s 12-start streak without suffering a losing decision
is the seventh-longest in Club history. Rick Rhoden holds the franchise record with 19
consecutive starts to begin his 1976 All-Star campaign. In his next start, the 28-year-old
will look to match Preacher Roe’s 13-game non-losing streak to begin the 1951 campaign.
Pitcher #GS Streak Range W-L ERA
Rick Rhoden 19 April 20 – August 1, 1976 9-0 3.12
Preacher Roe 17 April 15 – July 27, 1952 7-0 3.16
Walker Buehler 14 April 3 – June 19, 2021 7-0 2.38
Alex Wood 14 April 10 – July 15, 2017 10-0 1.66
Kirby Higbe 14 April 20 – July 14, 1946 6-0 3.30
Preacher Roe 13 April 18 – June 21, 1951 10-0 2.74
Tony Gonsolin 12 April 9, 2022 – Present 8-0 1.42
Taken one step further, Gonsolin, who was drafted by the Dodgers in the ninth round of the 2016 MLB Draft, has not permitted more than two earned runs in any of his 12 outings to begin the 2022 campaign. He is the first pitcher since earned runs became an official statistic in the NL in 1912 to start a season with 12 non-losing starts in which he did not permit more than two earned runs. See below for hurlers (excluding “openers”) to post a streak of at least 10 such starts to begin a campaign, which includes Joe Musgrove of the San Diego Padres, who will look to join Gonsolin atop the leaderboard in his next turn through the rotation.
Pitcher, Club #GS Streak Range W-L ERA
Tony Gonsolin, LAD 12 April 9, 2022 – Present 8-0 1.42
Joe Musgrove, SD 11 April 9, 2022 – Present 7-0 1.50
Eddie Cicotte, CWS 11 April 24 – June 10, 1919 11-0 0.95
Kris Medlen, ATL 10 July 31 – September 19, 2012 8-0 0.76
Juan Marichal, SF 10 April 12 – May 26, 1966 9-0 0.59
Hoyt Wilhelm, BAL 10 April 15 – June 7, 1959 9-0 0.83
UPON FURTHER REVIEW
Through Sunday night’s games, Major League Baseball has had 532 replay reviews, which have taken an average of one minute and thirty-six seconds.
*532 Replay Reviews
*119 Confirmed (22.4%)
*168 Stands (31.6%)
*236 Overturned (44.4%)
*3 Rules Check (0.6%)
*6 Record Keeping (1.1%)
*1:36 Average Time
ON THE ROAD TO GREATNESS
In last night’s road contest against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, five-time All-Star Manny Machado led a 19-run offensive attack by going 3-for-4 with three runs scored, a home run and four RBI. Following the performance, the third overall selection in the 2010 MLB Draft enters play today slashing .322/.396/.536 with 46 runs scored, 77 hits, 16 doubles, 11 home runs and 42 RBI.
In addition, the 29-year-old’s RBI single in the first inning marked his 1,500th career hit. He became the 12th player since 1995 to accumulate 1,500 hits before turning 30 years old. The slugging third baseman also became just the 14th player in MLB history to record at least 1,500 hits and 260 home runs prior to his 30th birthday. See the full list of players below, which includes Hall of Famers Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Mel Ott, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews,
Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Orlando Cepeda and Ken Griffey Jr.
Player Year Range H 2B 3B HR RBI R
Manny Machado 2012-22 1,502 291 18 262 793 785
Miguel Cabrera 2003-12 1,802 386 13 321 1,123 961
Albert Pujols 2001-09 1,717 387 14 366 1,112 1,071
Andruw Jones 1996-2006 1,556 303 32 342 1,023 962
Alex Rodriguez 1994-2005 1,901 338 25 429 1,226 1,245
Ken Griffey Jr. 1989-99 1,742 320 30 398 1,152 1,063
Orlando Cepeda 1958-67 1,606 287 22 268 936 808
Frank Robinson 1956-65 1,673 318 50 324 1,009 1,043
Hank Aaron 1954-63 1,898 321 77 342 1,121 1,077
Mickey Mantle 1951-61 1,700 241 66 374 1,063 1,244
Eddie Mathews 1952-61 1,548 223 55 370 992 1,032
Mel Ott 1926-38 1,939 336 61 342 1,306 1,247
Jimmie Foxx 1925-37 1,852 313 93 379 1,345 1,216
Lou Gehrig 1923-32 1,558 321 113 267 1,144 1,075
BUCKING THE TREND
Entering play today, seven qualified Major League hitters own a walk-to-strikeout ratio of 1.00-or-better. Three-time All-Star José Ramírez of the Cleveland Guardians paces the group with a 2.00 ratio (13.4 BB%/6.7 SO%), and is followed by his teammate Steven Kwan (1.62), Tampa Bay’s Yandy Díaz (1.46), Minnesota’s Luis Arraez (1.42), Washington Juan Soto (1.21), and Houstons’ Michael Brantley (1.17) and Alex Bregman (1.09).
Since 2000, there have only been six instances in which a qualified player recorded a walk-to-strikeout ratio of 2.00-or-better. Barry Bonds accomplished the feat in three different seasons, while Mark Grace, Tommy La Stella and Luis Castillo also pulled the trick. As you will see in the chart below, Ramírez is on pace join Bonds as the only players to do so while also registering an OPS north of 1.000.
WINNING WAYS
On Monday night against the Baltimore Orioles, Alek Manoah fired 6.0 shutout innings to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to an 11-1 victory. The 11th overall selection in the 2019 MLB Draft improved to 8-1 on the season with a 1.67 ERA and 0.912 WHIP while tallying 68 punchouts. In addition, Manoah has tossed at least 5.0 innings without permitting more than seven hits or three runs scored in any of his 12 turns through the rotation this season. He is the only player in the Majors able to make that claim, and his streak to start the 2022 campaign is tied for the fifth-longest in MLB history. Johnny Cueto and Al Leiter share the all-time record with 14 consecutive outings to begin a season with 5.0-or-more innings, and three-or-fewer runs and seven-or-fewer hits in each start. See the table below for the list of seven pitcher in history to post a streak of 12-or-more such starts to begin a campaign.
LINE DRIVES (Compiled from Club Game Notes)
THE CYCLE: On Saturday night, Jared Walsh of the Angels hit for the cycle against the New York Mets. It marked the ninth cycle in Angels history (eighth different Angels player to hit for the cycle) and the first since Shohei Ohtani on June 13, 2019 at Tampa Bay. Walsh became the first, first baseman to hit for the cycle in Club history.
JEDI COUNSELL: Milwaukee’s Craig Counsell passed Phil Garner last night for the most wins by a manager in franchise history. Since making his managerial debut on May 4, 2015, Counsell is tied for fifth among MLB managers in wins, trailing Cleveland’s Terry Francona (598), Joe Maddon with the Cubs and Angels (588), Dave Roberts with the Padres and Dodgers (581) and Tampa Bay’s Kevin Cash (576).
A QUALITY GUY: Toronto’s José Berríos gave up three runs on three hits over 7.0 innings with no walks and eight strikeouts last night. The outing was his third straight quality start and his seventh of the season. Over his last three games, he went 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA, three walks and 26 punchouts. The team is now 6-0 in his Rogers Centre starts this year.
PICK YOUR POISON: The Red Sox have three players batting .300-or-better with an .850-or-better OPS: Xander Bogaerts (.335 AVG, .899 OPS), Rafael Devers (.332, .991) and J.D. Martinez (.345, .990). The Sox are the only team to currently feature three qualifying hitters with batting averages north of .300 as well as the only team with three players with an OPS of .850-or-better. Additionally, Boston features eight players with at least 20 RBI, tied with the Toronto Blue Jays for the most in the Majors.
MULTIPLICTY AND WHATNOT: Willson Contreras of the Cubs recorded his 10th career multi-homer game on Tuesday, now second-most among Cubs backstops. Gabby Hartnett holds the team mark with 14 career multi-homer efforts. In addition, Contreras’ 12 home runs this season are the most among Major League catchers.
NIFTY FIFTY: With two home runs last night, Ryan Mountcastle became the fastest homegrown player in Orioles history (since 1954) to hit 50 career home runs (231 games). To go with his 50 long balls, Mountcastle has slashed .269/.319/.488 (233-for-866) with 38 doubles, one triple, 116 runs scored, 145 RBI and an .807 OPS in his first 231 career games.
MOLINA MILESTONES: Yadier Molina of the Cardinals tallied his 14,870th career putout on Tuesday, passing Hall of Famer Iván Rodríguez (1991-2011) for the most all-time among catchers in MLB history.
MAKE IT NAZEM: Wednesday marked 10 years of Major League service time for Charlie Blackmon, joining Todd Helton as the only two Rockies to record 10 years of service time with the Club. He also joined Jhoulys Chacín as the two active Rockies with at least 10 years of service time overall.
LANE TRAIN: Washington’s Lane Thomas is 17-for-49 (.347) with three doubles, four homers, eight RBI, seven walks and 15 runs scored in 12 June games. He has hit safely in eight of the 12 contests with seven multi-hit efforts.
ON THE BASES: Entering play today, the A’s had been successful in 41-of-49 (83.7%) stolen base attempts, which is the second-best percentage in the American League. The Club also ranks third in steals (41). Meanwhile, A’s opponents are 20-for-33 (60.6%) in stolen base attempts, which is the lowest success rate in the Majors.
