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Mark Buehrle Breaks Major League Record For Consecutive Batters Retired
Mark Buehrle took a perfect game into the 6th inning Tuesday night in Minnesota to break the major league mark for consecutive batters retired. Buehrle retired the last batter he faced against Baltimore before retiring all 27 he faced against the Rays, then added another 17 to bring the total to 45...
Adrian Gonzalez is on pace to break RBI record
Going into last night's game, Adrian Gonzalez had 54 RBIs. That counts for exactly 25% of the Padres 216 runs total. That's a lot, but if he and the Padres can come anywhere close to holding their respective paces, it'll break a Major League record that's stood for 36 years and one that is,...
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