Monday, June 18, 2007 |
So Much For 11: Lackey Collapses... And Figgins Saves It: Angels 10, Astros 9
What an awful game.
Update: The Angels scrapped five out in the seventh to tie it, but now Shields and Frankie have loaded the bases up in the top of the ninth with one out. Frankie gets a lineout on Morgan Ensberg for two out.
Update 2: And K-Rod whiffed Craig Biggio on a 2-2 power slider. The Angels' half of the frame started peacefully enough, with Dave Borkowski retiring Mike Napoli and Erick Aybar easily. But once Reggie Willits got his only hit of the game, a little single to left, Phil Garner lifted Borkowski for Trever Miller. And... the big question then was what happens with Chone Figgins, already 5-for-5? No way he goes 6-for-6 with the game winner.
Wrong.
Credited triple down the right field line. Ballgame.
Figgins joins just 28 major leaguers to go 6-for-6 in the Retrosheet era. Thanks, Chronicler.
Update 3: Bob Timmermann recalls six-hit games in baseball history, a post he somewhat presciently had up last month. Jon reminds us of Southern California players who have accomplished this. Here's the complete list of 6-for-6 player-games at baseball-almanac.com.
It's hard to improve on this:
Graph created by and hosted at fangraphs.com.
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