By David Evans
July 29th, 2020

Opening Day, Chris Paddack of the Padres pitched 6 scoreless innings against the DBacks. Below is a comparison spreadsheet showing each pitch including whether it was in the strike zone or not. It shows how the Real Strike Rule would have lowered the pitch total by 17 pitches. He probably would have thrown an even higher percentage in the zone if he knew that pitches out of the zone would always be balls. It looked like Paddack threw 52 of his 81 pitches in the strike zone.
To my knowledge, Major League Baseball has not officially defined what an electronic system would call a strike; is it one point on the ball touches the edge, the mid point, or the entire ball? I went with umpire calls unless it was really obvious.
The game stats said he threw 64 strikes and 17 balls. The difference is batters swinging at pitches out of the zone along with some missed calls by the umpire.
Present Rules Real Strike Rule
81 Pitches 64
3 Strikeouts 6
4 Hits 1
1 Walks 2
15 Ball-In-Play Outs 12
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Real Strike Rule |
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Pitch |
Total |
B/S |
Call/ |
In/Out |
At Bat |
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Total |
Ball |
AB |
No. |
Pitches |
F/IP |
Swing |
Of Zone |
Result |
No. |
Pitches |
Strk |
Rslt |
K Marte |
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1st Inning |
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1 |
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S |
C |
I |
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1 |
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S |
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2 |
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S |
C |
I |
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2 |
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S |
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3 |
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F |
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I |
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3 |
3 |
S |
K |
4 |
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B |
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O |
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5 |
5 |
IP |
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I |
Single |
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Peralta |
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1 |
6 |
IP |
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I |
Dbl Play |
1 |
4 |
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Gr Out |
S Marte |
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1 |
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S |
S |
I |
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1 |
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S |
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2 |
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B |
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O |
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2 |
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B |
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3 |
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S |
S |
I |
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3 |
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S |
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4 |
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B |
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O |
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4 |
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B |
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5 |
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F |
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O |
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5 |
9 |
S |
K |
6 |
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B |
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O |
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7 |
13 |
IP |
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I |
Pop Up |
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Escobar |
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2nd Inning |
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1 |
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B |
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O |
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1 |
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B |
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2 |
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S |
? |
I |
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2 |
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S |
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3 |
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F |
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I |
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3 |
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F |
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4 |
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B |
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O |
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4 |
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B |
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5 |
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F |
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I |
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5 |
14 |
S |
K |
6 |
19 |
S |
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O |
K |
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Walker |
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1 |
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F |
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I |
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1 |
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S |
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2 |
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S |
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O |
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2 |
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B |
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3 |
22 |
IP |
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I |
Single |
3 |
17 |
IP |
Single |
Calhoun |
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1 |
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S |
S |
I |
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1 |
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S |
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2 |
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S |
S |
I |
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2 |
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S |
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3 |
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F |
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I |
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3 |
20 |
S |
K |
4 |
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F |
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I |
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5 |
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F |
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I |
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6 |
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F |
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I |
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7 |
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F |
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I |
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8 |
30 |
IP |
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Single |
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C Kelly |
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1 |
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S |
C |
I |
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1 |
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S |
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2 |
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F |
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I |
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2 |
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S |
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3 |
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B |
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O |
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3 |
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B |
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4 |
34 |
IP |
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I |
Dbl Play |
4 |
24 |
IP |
Gr Out |
Lamb |
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3rd Inning |
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1 |
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S |
C |
O |
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1 |
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B |
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2 |
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S |
C |
O |
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2 |
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B |
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3 |
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F |
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O |
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3 |
27 |
B |
Walk |
4 |
38 |
IP |
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Double |
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Ahmed |
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1 |
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S |
S |
I |
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1 |
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S |
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2 |
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S |
S |
I |
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2 |
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S |
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3 |
41 |
S |
S |
I |
K |
3 |
30 |
S |
K |
K Marte |
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1 |
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S |
C |
I |
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1 |
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2 |
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S |
C |
I |
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2 |
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S |
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3 |
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F |
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O |
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3 |
33 |
S |
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4 |
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B |
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O |
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B |
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5 |
46 |
IP |
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I |
Gr Out |
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B |
Gr Out |
Peralta |
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1 |
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B |
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O |
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1 |
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B |
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2 |
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B |
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O |
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2 |
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B |
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3 |
49 |
IP |
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I |
Gr Out |
3 |
36 |
IP |
Gr Out |
S Marte |
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4th Inning |
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1 |
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S |
C |
I |
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1 |
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S |
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2 |
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S |
C |
I |
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2 |
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S |
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3 |
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B |
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O |
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3 |
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B |
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4 |
53 |
S |
S |
O |
K |
4 |
40 |
S |
K |
Escobar |
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1 |
54 |
IP |
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I |
Line Out |
1 |
41 |
IP |
Line Out |
Walker |
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1 |
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B |
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O |
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1 |
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B |
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2 |
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S |
C |
I |
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2 |
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S |
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3 |
57 |
IP |
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I |
Fly Out |
3 |
44 |
IP |
Fly Out |
Calhoun |
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5th Inning |
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1 |
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S |
S |
I |
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1 |
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S |
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2 |
59 |
IP |
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I |
Gr Out |
2 |
46 |
IP |
Gr Out |
Kelly |
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1 |
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S |
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I |
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1 |
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S |
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2 |
61 |
IP |
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I |
Gr Out |
2 |
48 |
IP |
Gr Out |
Lamb |
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1 |
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B |
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O |
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1 |
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B |
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2 |
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B |
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O |
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2 |
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B |
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3 |
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C |
I |
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3 |
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S |
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4 |
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S |
C |
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4 |
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S |
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5 |
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B |
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O |
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5 |
53 |
B |
Walk |
6 |
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F |
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I |
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7 |
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F |
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O |
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8 |
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F |
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I |
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9 |
70 |
B |
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O |
Walk |
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Ahmed |
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1 |
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B |
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O |
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1 |
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B |
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2 |
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F |
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O |
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2 |
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B |
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3 |
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S |
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I ? |
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3 |
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S |
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4 |
74 |
IP |
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O |
Fly Out |
4 |
57 |
IP |
Fly Out |
K Marte |
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6th Inning |
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1 |
75 |
IP |
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I |
Fly Out |
1 |
58 |
IP |
Fly Out |
Peralta |
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1 |
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S |
C |
I ? |
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1 |
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S |
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2 |
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S |
C |
I |
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2 |
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S |
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3 |
78 |
IP |
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I |
Gr Out |
3 |
61 |
IP |
Gr Out |
S Marte |
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1 |
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S |
C |
I |
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1 |
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S |
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2 |
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S |
S |
O |
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2 |
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B |
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3 |
81 |
IP |
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I |
Gr Out |
3 |
64 |
IP |
Gr Out |
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Present |
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Real Strike |
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Inn |
Rules |
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Rule |
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1 |
Single |
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K |
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Double Play |
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Ground Out |
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Pop Up |
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K |
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2 |
K |
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K |
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Single |
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Single |
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Single |
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K |
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Double Play |
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Ground Out |
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3 |
Double |
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Walk |
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K |
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K |
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Ground Out |
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Ground Out |
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Ground Out |
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Ground Out |
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4 |
K |
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K |
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Line Out |
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Line Out |
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Fly Out |
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Fly Out |
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5 |
Ground Out |
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Ground Out |
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Ground Out |
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Ground Out |
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Walk |
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Walk |
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Fly Out |
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Fly Out |
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6 |
Fly Out |
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Fly Out |
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Ground Out |
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Ground Out |
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Ground Out |
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Ground Out |
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Present |
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Real Strike |
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Rules |
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Rule |
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3 K |
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6 K |
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2 Double Plays |
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1 Single |
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3 Singles |
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2 Walks |
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1 Double |
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12 In-Play-Outs |
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1 Walk |
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15 In Play Outs |
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81 Pitches |
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64 Pitches |
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