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08-20-2007, 11:16 AM
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Former Kentucky Wildcat pitcher Brandon Webb was 9 years old -- and not much of a ballplayer -- when Orel Hershiser threw more scoreless innings in a row than anyone in baseball history.
He took up pitching a year later and has been throwing ever since. Now, he's closing in on Hershiser.
The Arizona Diamondbacks ace tossed a two-hitter Friday night for his third straight shutout and stretched his scoreless streak to 42 innings.
That's the 12th-longest streak in baseball history. He's now 18 innings away -- two more shutouts exactly -- from breaking Hershiser's record of 59 straight scoreless innings in 1988.
Hershiser was with the Dodgers when he set the record. The only other pitchers since 1940 to put together a longer streak than Webb are Don Drysdale (58), Bob Gibson (47) and Sal Maglie (45).
Over the last five starts, Webb has worked 41 innings, giving up 23 hits, seven walks and striking out 35. He's tied with Rube Foster at Number 12 on the scoreless list.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Former Kentucky Wildcat pitcher Brandon Webb was 9 years old -- and not much of a ballplayer -- when Orel Hershiser threw more scoreless innings in a row than anyone in baseball history.
He took up pitching a year later and has been throwing ever since. Now, he's closing in on Hershiser.
The Arizona Diamondbacks ace tossed a two-hitter Friday night for his third straight shutout and stretched his scoreless streak to 42 innings.
That's the 12th-longest streak in baseball history. He's now 18 innings away -- two more shutouts exactly -- from breaking Hershiser's record of 59 straight scoreless innings in 1988.
Hershiser was with the Dodgers when he set the record. The only other pitchers since 1940 to put together a longer streak than Webb are Don Drysdale (58), Bob Gibson (47) and Sal Maglie (45).
Over the last five starts, Webb has worked 41 innings, giving up 23 hits, seven walks and striking out 35. He's tied with Rube Foster at Number 12 on the scoreless list.