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?

he may have given up wild pitches and the cather may have given up passed balls, which are not errors, allowing the batter to strike out and advance to base at the same time...maybe the batters just kept advancing via these or they were stealing the bases.

Posted by saad on 2003-07-10 08:43:10