Cliff lee 10 inning shutout books

No starter had pitched in any 10th inning since cliff lee in april of 2012, and that seemed like the moment. Lee had a 10inning performance without allowing a run and still did not get the win. Philadelphia phillies cliff lee 34 delivers a pitch against the colorado rockies in game 1 of the nlds wednesday, october 7, 2009 at citizens bank park in philadelphia. Lee won the control game, walking none and striking out batters. Lee, working his way back after straining his abdomen during. Mark buehrle outpitches cliff lee in blue jays 100. The phillies traded carlos carrasco for cliff lee in 2009, but considering lee would pitch more than 1,000 innings after the trade, with an era and fip under 3. Cliff lee s 6th shutout posted by andy on september 5, 2011 sorry for a third straight post involving the phillies, but i see that cliff lee has thrown 7 shutouts innings so far tonight and might get his 6th shutout of the season. The phillies cliff lee went to san francisco and threw 10 innings against the giants, and all he got for it was a lousy tshirt. Cliff lee, phillies at giants, april 18, 2012 final line. There have only been five starters since the turn of the twentyfirst century to pitch more than nine innings, the most recent being cliff lees 10inning outing versus the giants in april 2012. Cliff lee tossed a completegame shutout in a 10 win over the reds on friday night.

He retired 11 yankees in a row before jorge posada blooped a single into right for the first his with two outs in the bottom of the 5 th inning and a leadoff. The phillies offense managed enough run support for lee. The contest was for all intents and purposes over in the second inning, and the dodgers never even mustered a threat off of cliff lee, who threw eight masterly shutout innings, allowing three hits and no walks while racking up 10 strikeouts. The lessons of cliff lee, one of baseballs greatest. Cliff lee philadelphia major league baseball yahoo.

Only three pitchers have turned in three consecutive shutouts since the 1994 strike. Cliff lee aces rockies from the mound, bases the denver post. The two breaking pitches combined to draw five swings and misses in 10 uses, and the marlins whiffed on both of the sliders they saw. Nineteen scoreless innings in san francisco jayson stark. Cliff lee pitches 10 innings against giants, gets nodecision. Lee is looking like an alltime great deadline acquisition after shutting out the rockies in game 1 then holding them to just one earned run in 7 innings in game 4. The 1924 washington senators took game 7 against the new york giants in 12 innings, with hall of famer walter johnson pitching four scoreless innings of relief to earn the win.

Over that sixyear span, lee had the majors secondlowest era 2. Matt harvey dominates phillies in mets 50 win nbc new york. Cain threw nine shutout innings on just 91 pitches before bruce. The seventh inning was torontos highestscoring frame since a 10run inning. Fister throws 8 shutout innings, but rangers rally past. Marlon byrd followed wrights firstinning homer off the dark metal railing atop the new leftfield wall with a nodoubter into the second deck against cliff lee 104 for new yorks first back. The tenth inning had its facebook page launched on february 23, 20. Phillies pitcher cliff lee was unable to throw sunday or monday, and was placed on the 60day disabled list with a left forearm strain the same. Phillies lee bests mets for first win the new york times. In 2003, halladay pitched a 10 inning shutout against the detroit tigers. Cleveland entered last nights game with kansas city tied with toronto for the most runs scored in the american league, yet they were shut out by the royals and fell to 510 for the season. The phillies scored early on jayson werths solo home run, but went 0for11 with runners in scoring position until the seventh inning.

Lee allowed three hits in a completegame shutout, improving his record to 46 and his era to 2. Barry william zito born may, 1978 is an american former professional baseball pitcher and musician. Acquiring cliff lee wouldve given the indians a big boost in their pursuit of a. View full size marcio jose sanchez, associated press it was a classic pitchers duel, said phillies lefty cliff lee after throwing 10 shutout innings without a decision against san. Mark mulder threw a 10inning shutout yesterday, outpitching roger clemens in a marquee matchup, to lead the st. Struggling mariners have ace up their sleeve in cliff lee. Jack morris pitching a 10inning shutout in game 7 of the 1991 world series. Cliff lees 6th shutout baseballreference blog blog. Actually, lee probably didnt get a tshirt at all, but if he had. Cliff lee took the mound for the third and final game and dominated, pitching eight shutout innings, striking out eight and allowing 0 walks in a 20 phillies victory. His agent has since stated that he doesnt anticipate him playing at this point. Cliff lee baffles the yanks, again by will leitch in the sixth inning of tonights 80 rangers game 3 win over the yankees, yankee stadium was louder than its been all season. Halladay needed just 99 pitches to complete this gem, the fewest thrown in any 10 plus inning shutout dating back to the start of complete pitchcount data in 1988.

A season with the phillies and the greatest pitching staff ever assembled at. This was the majors first extra inning shutout since jack morris famous. Remembering how cliff lee was supposed to be a yankee. Cliff lee pitched a masterful 10 shutout innings with 7 strikeouts and 0 walks, but the philadelphia phillies still lost to matt cain and san francisco giants. Cliff lee pitched seven shutout innings in a 20, 12inning loss on friday and fister finished with eight shutout innings, allowing three hits, on. The latest stats, facts, news and notes on cliff lee of the philadelphia. He ruined lees nono in the sixth inning with a double.

Lee received poor run support throughout the entire 2012 season. Drafted by the florida marlins in the 8th round of the 1997 mlb june amateur draft from benton hs benton, ar, the baltimore orioles in the 20th round of the 1998 mlb june amateur draft from meridian community. Published on jan 1, 2020 on april 18th, 2012, cliff lee and matt cain combined for 19 shutout innings in a legendary pitchers duel. The 1991 team led by kirby puckett, jack morris and chili davis went 9567 and beat atlanta in the world series when morris threw a 10inning shutout in game 7. He played 15 seasons in major league baseball mlb for the oakland athletics and san francisco giants. The phillies cliff lee went to san francisco and threw 10 innings against the giants, and all he got for it was a lousy tshirt actually, lee probably didnt get a tshirt at all, but if he had. On april 21, lee was placed on the disabled list with an oblique strain. He scattered six hits while striking out seven and of course, walking none. Mike redmond s club got on the board in the top of the fifth inning on an rbi single by adeiny hechavarria, but lee countered that tally in the home half of the frame with his first career triple. On that heavy, humid tuesday night in late june, cliff lee had the weight of it all on his shoulders. The veteran hurler would etch his name into the collective memories of baseball fans everywhere with a legendary 10 inning, completegame, shutout performance in a dramatic 10.

After winning first six starts, pitches nine shutout innings for nodecision in 30, 10inning loss to toronto in cleveland, leaving record at 60 with 0. On february 16, 20, i did an onair interview about my book, family ties, on the remember when talk show of the major league baseball network radio, with hosts ed randall and rico petrocelli. Seattle mariners lefthander cliff lee tossed six shutout innings in a rehab start for triplea tacoma on sunday. Can max scherzer extend one of the best pitching runs ever. Earlier this week, rumors amounted that former ace cliff lee would not return to the major leagues. Two daughters, camila valentina and emma victoria, three sons, noah, lucas and elias attended liceo federico carmona high school. Lee talks about his 10 shutout innings against the giants. On monday night at yankee stadium lee added to his playoff luster by pitching a 2 hit 8 inning shutout of the yankees on a night when he struck out yankee batters walking only one. On april 18, in a game against the san francisco giants, lee pitched ten shutout innings, but the phillies eventually lost the game. Cliff lees complete game shutout performance during a 10 win over cincinnati on friday at safeco field defined both the disappointment of the mariners season and why they must trade him in.

Mulder looks sharp with 10inning gem for the cardinals. Phillies counterpart cliff lee, meanwhile, allowed seven hits, six earned runs and a walk while striking out six. On june 14, 2009, lee pitched a nohitter into the 8th inning in a game against st. They stumbled out of the gate, dropping the first two and were faced with getting swept in their first series of the season. Prior to lee, aaron harang exceeded nine innings on july 23, 2007, roy halladay did it twice, and bartolo colon and mark mulder once. Louis cardinals over the visiting houston astros, 10. He would later ruin lees shutout by scoring a run on aaron rowands sacrifice fly. Louis dugout, and lee retained his place on the top of the stack, until hill emerged in an even more dramatic moment. Cliff lee was born clifton phifer lee on august 30, 1978, in benton, arkansas. Was the clubs roberto clemente award nominee from 201519, spending hours donating time to esperanza, visiting and donating books to luis munoz marin school.

Starting pitchers who have gone more than nine innings in. Cliff lee ends his season with an eight inning, complete game, 10 loss to the braves. Key dates in cliff lees career with the cleveland indians. He allowed only three hits, struck out five and walked no one. It was an impressive duel with kris medlen, who pitched eight shutout innings. Mariners starter cliff lee dominant in triplea outing. Then harrisons bat struck the ball, and the color seemed to drain from the. From 2008, lee was arguably the best pitcher in baseball. Three weeks later, when i catch up with lee inside the phillies clubhouse an hour before game time, i ask him about that moment.