July 22, 2007
Six Shutouts
Photo: Larry Goren/Icon SMI
The majors saw six shutouts today, with Roy Halladay and J.D. Durbin throwing the only complete games among the six starters. Woody Williams went eight but Lidge started the ninth with a 1-0 lead, although Williams threw just 92 pitches. Tim Redding, starting for Washington, lasted just 6 2/3 innings and didn't get the win as Washington didn't score until the bottom of the eighth. Petit had the shortest outing at six innings even, while Guthrie left after seven and his bullpen was able to hold on to a 1-0 lead that the offense extended to 2-0.
It's the fourth time in three seasons that there were six shutouts in one day. From 1999 to 2004, it didn't happen. In the entire decade of the 1990s, it happened just three times. Maybe the shutout is making a comeback!
Posted by David Pinto at
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Six shutouts in one day is kinda fluky, of course. But this year is a little lower-scoring than the (chemically enhanced?) let-'em-rip years of the late '90s and early '00s.
2007 isn't real low-scoring by historical standards - the majors are averaging 9.4 runs a game. But this year still offers a greater chance for a big shutout day than, say, the blowout 2000 season.