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1993 Phillies 1 5 1
1935 Crawfords 5 11 0 F
Philadelphia (10-11) / Pittsburgh (18-3)
WP- Paige (6-0)/ CG (6)
LP- Schilling (0-3)
The only blemish during Satchel Paige's latest masterpiece was a two-out, ninth inning solo HR by Dave Hollins, just missing his 3rd shutout of the season. You knew it was going to be a long day for the Phillies' batters when Paige struck out the first five consecutive batters he faced at the start of the game. He would go on and strike out John Kruk all four times at the plate, Daulton would have a hat trick as well; in fact every Phillie got rung up by Paige.
Paige tied the record in the top of the 7th, by striking out Jim Eisenreich (tying the record with former record holder, Kevin Brown of the Padres), he would break the record later in the inning against Kevin Stocker. John Kruk & Darren Daulton would follow in the 9th.
Satchel Paige is the front-runner (hands down) for the Star League's Cy Young Award, here is his stats below (Red indicates League Lead, Red Italic indicates League Lead/tied & Black Bold indicates team lead & Black Bold Italic/ team lead tied).
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| Paige, with the St. Louis Browns, much later in his career. |
SATCHEL PAIGE's Season to date:
Games: 9
Games Started: 6
Innings: 57
Complete Games: 6
Victories: 6
Shutouts: 2
Saves: 3
Strikeouts: 50
Earned Run Average: 0.95*
* Among starting pitchers, at least
WHIP: 0.526**
** Not sure where he ranks here, but very impressive, possible leader here.
Pitched a no-hitter in his 2nd start of the season (Game #5) against the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals.
Satchel Paige has the Pittsburgh Crawfords off to a league best 18-3 record (.857), and are on pace for a 137-23 record for the 160-game season. The Crawfords are without star slugger Josh Gibson, who will be out for another 29 games, and currently have a three-game lead over 2nd place 1929 Chicago Cubs in the Stars I (Ruth) Division.
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