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The Brewers -- at least temporarily -- have a one-man rotation. Zack Greinke got ejected last Saturday after just four pitches, becoming the first pitcher to get tossed before recording an out since John Lackey's infamous return from the disabled li...

R.A. Dickey threw another one-hitter on Monday, becoming the first pitcher to throw back-to-back one-hitters since Toronto's Dave Stieb did it in his final two starts of the 1988 season. (Stieb also had two more one-hitters in 1989 before finally th...

Johan Santana threw a no-hitter on Friday night. For the Mets (now in their 51st season). Enough said. Well, almost. On Friday it had been just 310 days since another Santana no-hitter. That would be Ervin's for the Angels last July 27. It's the 11...

Some inspiration and statistical support for this column is provided by ESPN Stats & Information, Baseball-Reference.com, YouCantPredictBaseball.com, Baseball-Almanac.com and the Elias Sports Bureau. Obviously the story of the week was Josh H...

Matt Garza surrendered a bloop single to Jimmy Rollins to start Sunday's game in Philadelphia. He then retired 17 straight (and got Rollins trying to advance on a wild pitch) before walking Juan Pierre in the seventh. It's the first time a Cubs pit...

Jordan Zimmermann (second inning) and Tom Gorzelanny (seventh) each had RBI singles for the Nationals in Wednesday's win at San Diego. They were the first team since Aug. 22, 2008 to have two pitchers with an RBI in the same game. The Cardinals (Ad...

Wednesday's pitchers' duel between Matt Cain and Cliff Lee didn't disappoint -- unless you were looking forward to spending three hours at the ballpark. The two pitchers were working so fast and so efficiently, with no runs, only one walk between th...

Austin Jackson scored a run in each of the Tigers' first six games this season. That was the longest streak by a Detroit batter to start a season since Darrell Evans crossed the plate in each of the first eight contests in 1986. And it's the longes...