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Baseball

Ohiogal

(34,481 posts) Wed Jul 22, 2020, 12:42 PM Jul 2020

A 74-pitch complete game

On July 25, 2007, [Aaron] Cook tossed a 74-pitch complete game against a team the Rockies would later beat in a one-game tiebreaker to advance to the postseason. In that game, Cook threw 55 strikes compared to just 19 balls and induced 15 ground-ball outs. The 74 pitches to this day is tied for the fewest amount of pitches in a nine-inning complete game since the Rockies broke into the league in 1993.

*wow! Musta been a quick game!*

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A 74-pitch complete game (Original Post) Ohiogal Jul 2020 OP

You go to get some popcorn shenmue Jul 2020 #1

Or stand in line for the restroom Ohiogal Jul 2020 #2

Game duration was 2:12. cloudbase Jul 2020 #3

If Tom Browning (Reds) had done it, it would've been... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #4

shenmue

(38,537 posts)

1. You go to get some popcorn

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 12:50 PM

Jul 2020

The game is done.

Ohiogal

(34,481 posts)

2. Or stand in line for the restroom

Reply to shenmue (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 12:53 PM

Jul 2020

Like we women often must do ...

cloudbase

(5,727 posts)

3. Game duration was 2:12.

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 12:54 PM

Jul 2020

It was quick.

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,027 posts)

4. If Tom Browning (Reds) had done it, it would've been...

Reply to cloudbase (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 01:14 PM

Jul 2020

... even faster.

I've never seen a pitcher who was winding up for the next pitch so soon after the catcher tossed him back the ball. Batters just stayed in the box sometimes.

His perfect game against the Dodgers was done after 1:51.

Edit: The shortest 9-inning game was finished in 51 minutes, back in 1919.

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