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Kernels of Wisdom

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Bringing you the oddities of baseball.

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Mitch Garver: Second leadoff batter in Twins/Sens history with 2 HR and 5 RBI in a game. Other (I can't make this up) is Joe Judge vs Browns, Jul 10 1921. gph.is/1jrYmDL

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Leonys Martin: First Tiger to hit a grand slam and a triple in same game since Curtis Granderson vs TOR, Apr 4 2007. baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET2…

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Adam Jones: First Oriole to have 3 doubles in a game in Detroit (win or lose) since Albert Belle at Tiger Stadium, Aug 29 1999. baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET1…

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Last time Tigers' top three in order combined for 10 hits (see Martin, Candelario, Miggy): May 4 2013 by Austin Jackson, Torii Hunter, and (of course) Miggy. baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU2…

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Jose Iglesias: First Tiger with a single, double, triple, and 3 RBI batting 8th or 9th since Omar Infante vs SEA, May 8 2007. baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET2…

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Cardinals; Third game in live-ball era where team scored 5+ runs on ≤ 5 hits with 0 XBH. Also Jun 8 2008 at HOU (W 5-4) and Sep 26 1948, also at CHC (W 5-2).

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Marco Gonzales: Second pitcher in Mariners history to allow ≤ 4 hits, 0 earned runs, strike out 8+, and lose (those darned unearned runs!). Erik Bedard at WSH, Jun 22 2011. baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS2…

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Pirates: First time held to ≤ 2 hits in Philadelphia since Sep 15 2002 (at the Vet, L 1-0). baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI2…

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This is also the last time a Phillies pitcher (Randy Wolf) allowed 1 hit (i.e., not a no-hitter) and struck out 10+ against any opponent.

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Second 9-inning game in live-ball era where Phillies struck out 16+ times but still scored 7 runs. Sep 22 2009 at Marlins. baseball-reference.com/boxes/FLO/FLO2…

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Preston Tucker: First Atlantan with 5 RBI on 2 hits, neither of which was a homer, since Elliot Johnson at PHI, Sep 29 2013. baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL2…

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Kurt Suzuki: First Atlanta catcher with a homer and two doubles since Brian McCann, also vs Mets, Aug 4 2010. baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL2…

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Lorenzo Cain: 10th player in Brewers history with 3 XBH & 4 runs scored in a game. Last: Richie Sexson at HOU, Sep 26 2003. baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU2… Only other leadoff hitter: Fernando Viña at TEX, Sep 12 1996.

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Marlins with multi-homer games on the road before age 24: Giancarlo Stanton 7x Miguel Cabrera 4x Hanley Ramirez 2x Lewis Brinson, Thu

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Brewers: First time scoring 12+ runs in a home game since Sep 6 2016 vs Cubs (W 12-5). Inherited the "honor" of having the longest drought in the majors when Oakland did it yesterday.

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Most times scoring ≤ 1 run in team's first 18 games of a season, live-ball era: 2018 Giants 10 1988 Orioles 10 Six teams with 9, most recent 2013 Marlins. (The '88 Orioles were the infamous 0-21 team.)

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Most leadoff home runs as visitor, Anaheim Stadium history (1966): Mookie Betts 3 10 players with 2, only ones active are Carlos Gomez & Curtis Granderson.

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Third straight game where Red Sox collected 8+ runs, 14+ hits, and won each game by 6 or more. Last time they did that on the road: Jun 20-22 1912 at NYY at Hilltop Park in Washington Heights. baseball-reference.com/teams/tgl.cgi?…

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Teams in "Modern Era" (1901) to start season 16-2 or better: 2018 Red Sox (16-2) 1987 Brewers (17-1) 1984 Tigers (16-2)* 1981 Athletics (17-1) 1955 Dodgers (16-2)* 1918 Giants (17-1) 1911 Tigers (16-2) * Won WS