The Reds completed a sweep of the Pirates on Wednesday afternoon as Homer Bailey pitched the team's second consecutive complete game shutout. Check out some of these amazing marks accomplished as pointed out by Lance McAlister on his blog:
FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED IN 3-GAME SERIES BY REDS ALL-TIME:
1 THIS SERIES AT PITTSBURGH
1 Aug. 22-24, 1998 at Montreal
1 Aug. 26-28, 1926 at home vs. Brooklyn Robins (later Dodgers)
LAST TIME REDS HAD COMPLETE GAME BACK-TO-BACK SHUTOUTS:
June 9 and 10, 1989 ... Jose Rijo and Tom Browning, both at Dodgers
LAST TIME REDS HAD COMPLETE GAME BACK-TO-BACK GAMES:
Danny Graves and Jose Acevedo, June 25-26 of 2003 ****Graves actually lost to the Mets 3-1 in his complete game
LAST ERRORLESS STREAK REDS GAMES:
Reds have played 8 consecutive games without an error. Last streak of 8+ was June 17-25 of 2008 (8 games); the Reds' longest errorless streak in 2009 was 6 games, in the final six games of the season (sept. 29 to Oct. 4)
REDS LONGEST SCORELESS INNING STREAK BY PITCHERS SINCE 2008:
TEAM DATES SCORELESS INNING STREAK
Reds MAY-10-2010 - MAY-12-2010 19...CURRENT
Reds APR-28-2009 - MAY-01-2009 19
Reds JUN-27-2008 - JUN-29-2008 17
Reds APR-21-2009 - APR-23-2009 17
Reds AUG-12-2009 - AUG-14-2009 17
Reds MAY-06-2008 - MAY-10-2008 15
Reds JUN-20-2008 - JUN-22-2008 15
Reds JUL-16-2009 - JUL-18-2009 14
Reds JUN-03-2008 - JUN-05-2008 14
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