Twins put Shoppach back in the lead
HBPs of note: June 3, 2009
Kelly Shoppach started yesterday 2 HBPs behind Chase Utley for the Major League plunk lead, but he covered that ground between the 6th and 8th inning against the Twins last night. RA Dickey plunked Shoppach in the 6th, and he got hit again by Luis Ayala in the 8th. Dickey also hit Ryan Garko, which made yesterdays game the first since July 1, 2006 in which the Twins plunked three batters. They had the 4th longest active streak of not hitting more than 2 batters in a game. The Cubs currently have the longest such streak - they haven't hit 3 batters in a game since August 22, 2004.
Eleven batters got hit by pitches yesterday, with an average landing speed of 78.7 mph. If you toss out the two thrown by knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, the average speed at impact was 81.8 mph. Knuckleballs have plunked 11 batters this season, according to MLB's Gameday data - although their are 9 plunks in their data that don't list what kind of pitch it was.
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posted by pbr @ 6/04/2009 06:23:00 AM
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