Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 30, 2008
The Three Run Win

The Giants completed a sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks Thursday night. Randy Johnson out-pitched Barry Zito, The Big Unit leaving with a 3-2 lead after seven innings. San Francisco, however, scored a single run in the 8th on a bases loaded walk and then Winn homered in the ninth to seal the victory.

Giants pitching dominated the series, allowing three runs in each game. That fact that the Giants won with that type of pitching performance is big news. Coming into the series, San Francisco was 1-4 in game in which they allowed exactly three runs. The Major League record when allowing three runs 155-86, a .643 winning percentage, so the Giants are returning to the mean as their offense picks up.

Winning percentage by runs allowed, 2008
RunsRecordWinning Percentage
0 93-0 1.000
1 141-14 .910
2 170-44 .794
3 155-86 .643
4 108-106 .505
5 61-126 .326
6+ 81-433 .158

Posted by David Pinto at 08:16 AM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
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