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MLB Preview: New York Yankees (32-23) at Seattle Mariners (28-25)

NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:

AT A GLANCE: The Yankees begin a six-game road trip tonight with the first game of a three-game set at Seattle (through Wed.)…after an off-day on Thursday, will also play three games at Los Angeles-NL (Fri.-Sun.)…went 3-3 on their six-game homestand, going 1-2 vs. Baltimore before winning two-of-three against San Diego.

At 32-23 (.582), have the fifth-best record in the AL and seventh-best record in the Majors.

Are 7-3 in their last 10 games, 9-4 in their last 13 games, 11-5 in their last 16 games and 14-6 in their last 20 games.

Are 17-8 (.680) in their last 25 games (since 5/2), the best record in the Majors in that span.

Have won or split five of their last six series (since 5/8), six of their last eight series (since 5/1) and 12 of their 17 series this season (going 10-5-2).

Each of their last five wins and 11 of their last 17 wins have been come-from-behind wins.

YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees clinched a series win with a 10-7 victory over the Padres on Sunday at Yankee Stadium…RHP Gerrit Cole (6.0IP, 4H, 6R/5ER, 3BB, 9K, 2HR) started and recorded his team-leading sixth win of the season…Yankees batters scored 7R in the third inning, tying their most in an inning this season…RF Aaron Judge (2-for-4, 2R, 1HR, 2RBI) hit a game-tying solo HR in the first inning and a game-tying RBI single in the third inning…1B Anthony Rizzo (1-for-3, 1RBI) hit a go-ahead RBI single in the third inning…left the game for precautionary reasons after injuring his neck in the collision at first base with Fernando Tatis Jr.…C Kyle Higashioka (3-for-4, 1R, 2 doubles, 2RBI) tied his career high with 3H…DH Willie Calhoun (2-for-4, 1R, 1 double, 1RBI) hit an RBI double in the third inning and singled in the eighth…LF/3B Isiah Kiner-Falefa (1-for-4, 2R, 1RBI, 1SB) and SS Anthony Volpe (1-for-4, 1R, 1RBI) both hit RBI singles in the third inning… CF Harrison Bader (1-for-4, 2R, 1HR, 2RBI, 1SB) hit his sixth HR of the season with a solo shot in the eighth inning.

NOBODY BEATS THE RIZZ: INF Anthony Rizzo hit a go-ahead RBI single in the third inning on Sunday…is batting .338/.378/.571 (26-for-77) with 13R, 3 doubles, 5HR, 17RBI, 4BB and 1HP in his last 19 games (since 5/8).

Is fourth in the AL and tied for eighth in the Majors in hits (62)…among AL batters, is fifth in BA (.304), seventh in OBP (.376) and eighth in OPS (.880).

Is hitting .306 (15-for-49) with 4 doubles, 16RBI, 6BB, 2HP and 1SF with RISP this season.

Has reached base in 27 of his last 30 games and 46 of his 53 games this season.

Has 9RBI in his last nine games (since 5/19), 12RBI in his last 13 games (since 5/14), 15RBI in his last 15 games (since 5/12) and 18RBI in his last 20 games (since 5/7).

CALENDAR DAYS: The Yankees have hit 47 home runs in 26 games during the month of May, the most home runs in the AL and the second-most in the Majors in that span (Atlanta – 48HR)…are also fourth in SLG (.458), tied for fifth in runs scored (137) and tied for sixth in runs scored per game (5.27).

BRONX BOMBERS: The Yankees have hit their 81HR this season, the second-most home runs in the AL and the fourth-most in the Majors…their 27 games with multiple home runs are the second-most in the Majors, trailing only Tampa Bay (29).

Scored 10R on Sunday after scoring a total of 5R over their previous three games…scored double-digit runs for the fifth time this season.

WHAT A RELIEF: Yankees relievers have posted a Major League-best 2.99 ERA (213.2IP, 71ER) this season…also rank third in the Majors in opponents’ BA (.218), opponents’ SLG (.342) and HR/9.0IP (0.76), fourth in opponents’ OPS (.652), and fifth in WHIP (1.22).

GETTING HIGGY WITH IT: C Kyle Higashioka tied his career high with 3H on Sunday (sixth time and first since 10/1/22 vs. Baltimore)…hit two doubles in the third inning and an RBI single in the eighth inning…his RBI in the eighth inning marked his 100th career RBI.

Was just the third Yankee in the last eight years (since 2016) to record multiple extra-base hits in an inning… joined Gleyber Torres (2HR in the eighth inning on 9/21/22 vs. Pittsburgh and DJ LeMahieu (2 doubles in the seventh inning on 6/30/19 against Boston at London Stadium.

DECADE OF DOMINANCE: RHP Gerrit Cole reached 10 years of Major League service today.

Since making his Major League debut on 6/11/13, has ranked second in the Majors in strikeouts (2,009) and third in wins (136), starts (279) and innings pitched (1,723.2), and fifth in ERA (3.22, min. 1,400IP)…trails only Max Scherzer in strikeouts (2,303) in that span…trails only Scherzer (145 wins) and Clayton Kershaw (137 wins) in wins since his debut…trails only Scherzer (284GS and 1,834.2IP) and Zack Greinke (287GS and 1,775.1IP) in starts and innings pitched during that stretch…trails only Kershaw (2.36), Scherzer (2.78), Justin Verlander (3.09) and Greinke (3.16) in ERA in that span.

RISPY BUSINESS: Yankees batters are hitting .379/.424/.552 (22-for-58) with 7 doubles, 1HR, 26RBI, 6BB and 2SF with RISP in their last nine games (since 5/19).

ALL RISE: OF Aaron Judge hit a game-tying solo HR in the first inning and a game-tying RBI single in the third inning on Sunday…is hitting .313 (10-for-32) with 2 doubles, 15RBI, 9BB and 3SF with RISP this season.

Has reached base safely in each of his last 15 games (since 5/12), batting .345/.478/.891 (19-for-55) with 15R, 3 doubles, 9HR, 19RBI, 14BB/2IBB and 1SB in that span.

Has 9HR in his last 14 games.

Seven of his 15HR this season have come in the first inning.

10 of his 15HR this season have either tied the game (two) or given the Yankees the lead (eight)…since the start of 2019, 76 of his 152HR have either tied the game (16) or given the Yankees the lead (60).

The Yankees have gone 155-50 in his career when he homers…since 2020, the Yankees are 83-21 in those games…the Yankees are 11-1 this season when he homers.

His 235 career HR are the most by any Major League player through his first 773 career games (previous: Ryan Howard-230HR).

Has 19RBI in his last 14 games…has recorded 21RBI in 18 games since returning from the I.L. (since 5/9).

Has 8HR in his last 16 games vs. the Mariners and 10HR in his last 24 games against Seattle…has 7HR in his last 12 games at T-Mobile Park.

Since 2017, has hit .347/.459/.857 (17-for-49) with 10R, 4 doubles, 7HR, 15RBI, 10BB, 1HP, 2SB and 1SF in 13 games at T-Mobile Park.

Leads the Majors in SLG (.633), ranks second in OPS (1.031, second in AL), third in AB/HR (10.53, first in AL) and fifth in HR (15, first in AL)…also ranks third in the AL in walks (30) and fourth in OBP (.398).

DARTH BADER: OF Harrison Bader hit his sixth HR of the season on Sunday with a solo shot in the eighth inning… his 6HR in 25 games this season have surpassed his 2022 home run total (5HR in 86 games).

Has 3HR in his last seven games.

Including the postseason, has 11HR in his last 34 games (since 2022 ALDS Game 1 on 10/11/22).

GLEYBER DAY: INF Gleyber Torres owns a season-high eight-game hitting streak (since 5/20), batting .333/.371/.606 (11-for-33) with 7R, 3HR, 4RBI, 1BB and 1HP in that span.

Has reached base in 22 of his last 23 games (since 5/5)… has also reached base in 32 of his last 36 games (since 4/20) and 35 of his last 40 games (since 4/15).

SEA-ING CLEARLY: The Yankees have won 10 of their last 11 series at T-Mobile Park (since 9/12/11) and 11 of their last 13 (since 7/8/10).

Their 24-8 (.750) record since 2012 is the best by any team (min. 15G) at any stadium in that span (next: Los Angeles-NL: 23-8, .742 at Citi Field).

Are 34-14 in their last 48G vs. the Mariners (since 6/10/14).

FAN-TASTIC: The Yankees recorded their highest paid attendance of the season on Sunday: 47,295…marked their largest paid attendance since 9/30/22 vs. Baltimore (47,583)…marked their third straight sellout and fifth of the season…the Yankees have averaged 39,858 fans per home game this season, the highest home average attendance in the American League and the second-highest in the Majors, trailing only Los Angeles-NL (47,873).

ON A ROLL: OF Willie Calhoun has reached base in 6-of12PA over his last three games, going 5-for-11 with 1R, 2 doubles, 2RBI and 1BB.

TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP DOMINGO GERMÁN (2-3, 3.75 ERA)
RHP Domingo Germán will make his 10th start of the season in tonight’s series opener at Seattle…the 30-year-old last started on 5/16 at Toronto, tossing 3.0 perfect innings (2K) without recording a decision…was ejected prior to the bottom of the fourth inning for violating MLB’s prohibitions on foreign substances and served a 10-game suspension from 5/17-27…has allowed 2R-or-fewer in each of his last four starts, tying the longest such streak of his career (also four straight starts from 7/27-8/12/22 and from 5/9-27-G1/21)…has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in three of his last four starts and in five of his last eight starts…among pitchers with at least 180BF this season, ranks second in the Majors in opponents’ BA (.165, second in AL), H/9 (5.25, second in AL) and WHIP (0.90, second in AL), and third in opponents’ OBP (.239, third in AL)…in 2022, went 2-5 with a 3.61 ERA (72.1IP, 65H, 31R/29ER, 19BB, 58K, 11HR) in 15 games (14 starts) with the Yankees…allowed 3R-or-fewer in a career-high 12 consecutive starts from 7/27-9/30/22…missed the first 93 games of the season with right shoulder impingement syndrome…in six seasons with the Yankees, is 28-24 with a 4.31 ERA (461.2IP, 221ER) and 478K in 101 career games (79 starts)…was signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 12/11/15…was originally acquired by the Yankees from the Miami Marlins along with RHP Nathan Eovaldi and INF Garrett Jones in exchange for RHP David Phelps and INF Martín Prado on 12/19/14.

LAST TIME OUT: Tossed 3.0 perfect innings (2K) on 5/16 at Toronto without recording a decision…was ejected prior to the bottom of the fourth
inning for violating MLB’s prohibitions on foreign substances…marked his first career ejection.

Matched his shortest outing of the season (also 3.0IP on 4/10 at Cleveland).

VS. SEATTLE: Is 2-0 with a 3.60 ERA (15.0IP, 6ER) and 15K in three career appearances (two starts) vs. the Mariners.

In two career starts vs. Seattle, has gone 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA (12.0IP, 3ER) and 10K…made both starts at Yankee Stadium.

Has made one career appearance at T-Mobile Park on 7/7/21, allowing 3ER in 3.0 innings of relief (3H, 5K, 1HR)…was scheduled to make the start
but was scratched after undergoing an emergency root canal.

ON THE ROAD: Will make his fifth road start of the season…is 1-0 with a 4.76 ERA (17.0IP, 9ER) and 15K in four road starts this season.

In 52 career games (41 starts) on the road, is 15-13 with a 4.84 ERA (236.1IP, 127ER) and 230K.

Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in eight of his last 10 road starts (since 7/27/22), including 2R-or-fewer in seven of those starts.

Allowed 2R-or-fewer in a career-high four consecutive road starts from 7/27-8/27/22…allowed 1R-or-fewer in three consecutive road starts from 8/6-8/27/22, tied for the longest such streak of his career (also recorded three such starts from 4/28-5/20/21).

2023: Will make his 10th start of the season…is 2-3 with a 3.75 ERA (48.0IP, 20ER) and 49K in nine starts this season…among pitchers with at least 180BF this season, ranks second in the Majors in opponents’ BA (.165, second in AL), H/9 (5.25, second in AL) and WHIP (0.90, second in AL), and third in opponents’ OBP (.239, third in AL).

Has allowed 2R-or-fewer in each of his last four starts, tying the longest such streak of his career (also four straight starts from 7/27-
8/12/22 and from 5/9-27-G1/21).

Has allowed 1ER-or-fewer in three of his last four starts and in five of his last eight starts…has allowed 2ER-or-fewer in six of his last eight starts.

His .140 opponents’ BA against left-handed hitters ranks eighth among all AL pitchers.

Has recorded at least 8K with 0BB in two starts.

His 49K are the second-most strikeouts he’s recorded through his first nine starts of a season in his career, trailing only his 53K through his first nine starts in 2019.

Did not record a decision on 5/1 vs. Cleveland despite allowing just 1ER over a career-high 8.1 innings (2H, 1BB, 6K)…allowed just three baserunners…after allowing a one-out single to Amed Rosario in the first inning, did not allow a hit to his next 25BF (1BB) before allowing the single to Steven Kwan in the ninth…became just the fifth Yankees pitcher (sixth time) in the last 22 years (since 2002) to toss at least 8.1IP and allow three-or-fewer baserunners…joined Gerrit Cole (2H and 1BB in 9.0IP on 4/16/23 vs. Minnesota), Corey Kluber (1BB in 9.0IP on 5/19/21 at Texas), Masahiro Tanaka (twice: 2H and 1BB in 9.0IP on 6/17/19 vs. Tampa Bay and 3H in 9.0IP on 4/27/17 at Boston) and Chien-Ming Wang (2H in 9.0IP on 4/11/08 at Boston).

Allowed 1ER-or-fewer in back-to-back starts on 4/10 at Cleveland and 4/15 vs. Minnesota, tying the longest such streak of his career…marked the sixth time in his career he’s recorded consecutive such starts.  Earned his first win of the season on 4/15 vs. Minnesota after recording a career-high 11K (6.1IP, 3H, 1ER, 0BB)…marked his third career double-digit strikeout game (also 10K on 7/25/21 at Boston and 6/14/18 vs. Tampa Bay)…marked the first time in his career he’s recorded at least 10K without surrendering a walk…marked his fifth career start with at least 8K and 0BB allowed, including his second this season (8K and 0BB on 4/4 vs. Philadelphia)…is the first Yankee to record at least 10K and 0BB in a game this season and the first since Gerrit Cole did so on 7/17/22 vs. Boston (12K and 0BB)… tossed 5.1 perfect innings before allowing a one-out single to Christian Vázquez in the sixth inning… his 11K matched the most by a Yankees pitcher this season (also Gerrit Cole on Opening Day vs. San Francisco).

SEATTLE MARINERS NOTES:

TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 10-game homestand (6-1) with the first of 3 games against the New York Yankees…Seattle has already won series against the Oakland A’s (4-0) and Pittsburgh Pirates (2-1) on the homestand…tonight’s game will be televised live on ROOT SPORTS with Dave Sims and Mariners Hall of Famer Dan Wilson on the call…the game will also be broadcast live on Seattle Sports (710 AM) and Mariners.com with Rick Rizzs and Aaron Goldsmith.

ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners defeated the Pirates by a 6-3 score in 10 innings yesterday to capture the series victory…it also marked Seattle’s first walk-off win of 2023…the Mariners are 6-1 over their last 7 games…Seattle is 21-9 when scoring at least 4 runs and 7-16 when scoring 3-or-fewer…the Mariners are 16-13 at T-Mobile Park and 12-12 on the road this season.

  • Movin’ On Up – The Mariners are a season-high 3 games above the .500 mark.
  • Series Openers – Seattle is 9-8 in series openers (4-5 at home) this season.
  • Memorial Day – The Mariners are 29-12 (.707) all-time on Memorial Day.
  • I Just May – Seattle is 16-9 in the month of May, clinching a winning month…this season marks their first winning May since going 18-11 in May 2018.
  • W3 in Extras – The Mariners have a 3-game winning streak in extra innings after yesterday’s 6-3 win.

THE PUNISHERS…the Mariners pitching staff leads the Majors in several categories this season, including FanGraphs Wins Above Replacement (10.3), WHIP (1.15), strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.60), walksper-9 innings (2.51), home runs-per-9 innings (0.77) and Fielding Independent Pitching (3.32)…Seattle pitchers have also allowed the fewest walks (133) and home runs (41)…Seattle pitchers lead the Majors in opponent on-base percentage (.288), slugging percentage (.350) and OPS (.638)…no team has limited hard contact better than the Mariners, limiting opponents to 85 barrels, 6.4 barrels-per-plate appearance and an 18.4 soft-contact percentage, all leading the Majors…Mariners starting pitchers lead the Majors in fWAR (7.0) ranking ahead of Minnesota (6.9) and Texas (6.0)…Mariners relief pitchers rank 2nd in the Majors in fWAR (3.3), trailing only Baltimore (3.7).

RED-HOT JULIO…Julio Rodríguez went 2-for-5 with a 1st inning home run in yesterday’s win…he’s hit safely in all 7 games on the homestand (5/22-c), batting .467 (14×30) with 6 runs, 4 doubles, 2 home runs, 7 RBI, 1 hit-by-pitch and 1 stolen base, getting on base at a .484 clip, slugging .800 with a 1.284 OPS during that span…during that span he has been the most valuable position player in the American League by fWAR (0.8), trailing only Matt McLain-CIN (0.9) for the Major League lead in that time frame…since May 22, Julio’s .467 batting average ranks 5th-highest and 2nd-highest in the American League (min. 20 PA), trailing only Gio Urshela-LAA (.471).

JARRED KELENIC: ALL-STAR OUTFIELDER?…Jarred Kelenic went 1-for-3 with a double, RBI and 2 walks in yesterday’s win…the 23-year-old outfielder is batting .278 (52×187) with 26 runs, 14 doubles, 1 triple, 10 home runs, 26 RBI, 6 stolen bases and 16 walks, getting on base at a .337 clip, slugging .524 with an .861 OPS in 51 games this season…Kelenic has mashed left-handed pitchers this season, batting .327 (16×49) with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs and 12 RBI with a 1.026 OPS in 51 plate appearances against southpaws…overall, Kelenic leads the Mariners in total bases (98), extra-base hits (25), home runs, batting average, slugging percentage and OPS…Jarred’s 140 OPS+ ranks 6th among qualified American League outfielders, trailing Aaron Judge-NYY (181), Josh Lowe-TB (167), Randy Arozarena-TB (165), Austin Hays-BAL (145) and Mike Trout-LAA (142).

SOLID DEFENSE AT THE CORNERS…third baseman Eugenio Suárez (53 G) and first baseman Ty France (52 G) both have not committed errors this season…France has the most total chances (412) in the Majors among players with no errors…Suárez has the most total chances (128) among Major League third basemen with no errors.

THE CLUTCH GENO…Eugenio Suárez delivered the walk-off 3-run home run in the bottom of the 10th yesterday to give the Mariners a 6-3 win over the Pirates, capturing the series victory in the process… it marked Seattle’s first walk-off win of the season and its first walk-off home run since Cal Raleigh’s postseason-clinching homer on Sept. 30, 2022 vs. Oakland…yesterday was Geno’s 3rd walk-off home run in a Mariners uniform (others: July 8, 2022 vs. Toronto; Sept. 11 vs. Atlanta)…prior to joining Seattle, Suárez had 193 career home runs in the big leagues but no walk-off homers.

J.P. THE TONE-SETTER…J.P. Crawford reached base twice yesterday, going 1-for-4 with 2 runs scored and a walk…in 7 games on the homestand, the Mariners shortstop is batting .300 (9×30) with 8 runs, 1 double, 2 home runs, 5 RBI and 2 walks, getting on base at a .344 clip, slugging .533 with an .877 OPS… the Mariners are 6-2 in games when J.P. scores multiple runs this season.

7 IN THE TOP 50…the Mariners have 4 pitchers who rank in the top-16 in the American League in fWAR… Luis Castillo (1.9 fWAR) and Logan Gilbert are tied for 6th…tonight’s starter Bryce Miller (1.4) and George Kirby (1.4) are tied for 11th…Miller has compiled 1.4 fWAR despite making just 5 starts (31.1 IP)… Seattle relievers Trevor Gott (0.9, T29th), Matt Brash (0.8, T33rd) and Paul Sewald (0.8, T33rd) also rank in the top-50 in the AL in fWAR…the Mariners lead the AL with 7 pitchers who rank in the top-50.

LET’S GO DEFENSE!…the Mariners defense is the best in the American League by Outs Above Average (11) this season, ranking 2nd in the Majors behind only San Diego (16)…Seattle’s .990 team fielding percentage is tied for best in the Majors with San Diego, New York-NL, Tampa Bay and Arizona.

BIG DUMPER AMONG ELITE CATCHERS…Cal Raleigh belted his 8th home run of the season in yesterday’s win…in 46 games this season, the 26-year-old catcher is batting .238 (38×160) with 27 runs, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 8 homers, 25 RBI and 20 walks, getting on base at a .322 clip, slugging .456 clip with a .778 OPS…among American League catchers, Raleigh ranks 2nd in hits, T2nd in home runs, 5th in RBI, 3rd in walks, T3rd in total bases (73), 2nd in extra-base hits (18) and 3rd in OPS+ (118).

AS YOU MAY KNOW…Bryce Miller is set to make his 6th career start tonight…the right-hander made his Major League debut on May 2 at Oakland and holds a 1.15 ERA (4 ER, 31.1 IP) with 3 walks and 28 strikeouts over 5 starts during the month, but…DID YOU KNOW?…that among American League rookies with at least 5 starts during the month, he leads MLB in ERA, WHIP (0.511), opponent batting average (.123), wins (3) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (9.33)?…his 1.4 fWAR in May leads AL rookies by a wide margin (including position players), with Maikel Garcia-KC (0.7), Ryan Noda-OAK (0.7) and Yennier Cano-BAL (0.7) tied for 2nd-best.

MARINERS STARTER – RHP BRYCE MILLER

2023/Career MLB Breakdown:
W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Overall 3-1 1.15 5/5 31.1 13 4 4 3 28 0
Home 2-0 0.00 2/2 12.0 4 0 0 2 11 0
Road 1-1 1.86 3/3 19.1 9 4 4 1 17 0
vs. NYY 0-0 -.– 0/0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ABOUT BRYCE MILLER…

  • The 24-year-old right-handed pitcher is scheduled to make his 6th career start, and his first against the New York Yankees. • Selected by Seattle in the 4th round (113th overall) of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft; signed by Mariners scout Derek Miller.
  • Spent 3 seasons at Texas A&M from 2019-21…also spent 2 seasons playing for Brazos Valley Bombers of the Texas Collegiate League in 2018 and 2020, and 1 season with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod League in 2019.

LAST TIME OUT…W#3 on May 24 vs. Oakland, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings with 1 walk and 6 strikeouts…marked first time facing a team for the second time in his career.

MAY ROOKIE OF THE MONTH?…made his Major League debut on May 2 at Oakland and holds a 1.15 ERA (4 ER, 31.1 IP) with 3 walks and 28 strikeouts over 5 starts during the month…among AL rookies with at least 5 starts during the month, he leads MLB in ERA, WHIP (0.511), Opp. AVG (.123), wins (3) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (9.33)…his 1.4 fWAR in Mayleads AL rookies by a wide margin (including position players) with Maikel Garcia-KC (0.7 fWAR) and Ryan Noda-OAK (0.7 fWAR) tied for 2nd-best.

THROUGH 5 STARTS…is the 4th pitcher in franchise history to not allow a home run over his first 5 career starts, joining Michael Pineda, Jim Converse and Brian Snyder…his 4 earned runs allowed are tied for the fewest in a pitcher’s first 5 career starts in franchise history, joining James Paxton (4 ER, 31.1 IP) and Justin Dunn (4 ER, 9.2 IP).

KEEPING THE BATS QUIET…opponents are currently batting .123 (13×106) against Miller which is the lowest opponent batting average in the league among pitchers with at least 5 starts…he ranks ahead of Tony Gonsolin-LAD (1.52) and Shohei Ohtani-LAA (.155).

WATCH ME WHIP…his 0.511 WHIP currently leads the Majors among pitchers with at least 5 starts this season ranking ahead of Jacob deGrom-TEX
(0.758)…his 0.511 WHIP through his first 5 career starts is the lowest in Major League history.

AN ALMOST PERFECT BEGINNING…took a perfect game into the 6th inning in his first career Major League start at Oakland on 5/2 before a Tony Kemp 1-out single broke up the no-hit bid…the 16-consecutive batters retired in a pitcher’s MLB debut are the most since 1961 (h/t Elias Sports).

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