Earned Runs Given Up By C.C. Sabathia
Month of August: 6
First Two Innings Tonight: 5
Even though I know they’re just toying with me, I’m still enjoying the ride.
UPDATED (10/3):
Here are some more statistics from an article on ESPN.com:
Tags: Awesome, Hot Shit, Philadelphia, Phillies, Philly, SportingWhether he was running on fumes or not, however, this was a night unlike just about any Sabathia had spent on a mound in his career. And he’d been out there 258 times before this, counting the postseason. But here’s what made this game such a shocker:
• This is a man who gave up six earned runs in the entire month of August. He gave up five in the second inning just in a span of FIVE HITTERS.
• This is a man who had allowed only one extra-base hit in his previous three starts on short rest. He allowed three extra-base hits in this game just in his first trip through the batting order, then served up that crushing Victorino slam two hitters later.
• Only four other times in those 258 starts had Sabathia given up six extra-base hits in one game. But he’d never had a start where he gave up all those extra-base hits and not one measly single.
• And he’d never made a start in which he gave up this many extra-base hits without at least getting through the fourth inning.
