A pitcher comes into a baseball game in the first inning, he strikes out 27 straight batters all the way through 9 innings, not a single hit, run, walk, error, interference, or hit-by-pitch was recorded. There were no recording errors. His ERA (earned run average) and WHIP (walks/hits per inning pitched) were both 0.00, his team DID NOT forfeit, yet his team lost the game, why?

(In reply to another way by Cory Taylor)

It might be little league baseball, where after nine innings, if it's a tie, special rules state that they have some sort of home run derby for the tie breaker, and they're team lost that.

Posted by Rob on 2003-07-08 15:41:40