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 solution by ethan)

Or perhaps this pitcher was a reliever. The first pitcher to come into the game gave up, say a home run, but with no outs. Then the reliever came in and struck out 27 straight. There was already a run scored for the other team, but not on his record.

Posted by Chris on 2003-07-09 07:19:34