18 games in September: XVI

There were 9 shutouts during The Streak™. That's 18 games, 9 shutouts. Five by the Giants and four by the other guys. Fantastic stuff--you couldn't make up baseball stories this good. The Giants and Cubs combined for three shutouts in the three-game set. Riding high off the momentum of the 1-0 win on Tuesday, the Giants responded with a lackluster 6-hit effort against Randy Wells and Carlos Marmol. The brisk (2:22) 2-0 win for the home team along with a San Diego win in LA meant the Giants fell a half game back.

The 1963 San Francisco Giants had a streak of 15 games in which they allowed three or fewer runs. The 2010 Giants broke a club record with Game XVI.

There were 10 games left in the season.

--M.C.

                                                               
Pitching                      IP H R ER BB SO HR  ERA BF Pit Str
Jonathan  Sanchez L (11-9)   5.2 4 2  1  2  6  1 3.16 23 102  65
Chris  Ray                   1.1 0 0  0  2  2  0 3.63  5  27  16
Santiago  Casilla              1 1 0  0  0  0  0 2.02  4  14  10
Team Totals                    8 5 2  1  4  8  1 1.12 32 143  91

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Generated 2/4/2011.