Mexico Red Devils pitcher struck out nine consecutive batters to tie a record set in 1964 and later equaled in 1979
After a forgettable presentation last Monday at Mexican Baseball League, Trevor Bauer HE put to the record book with a historic performance to the compile nine consecutive strikeouts Sunday before Braves of Leonin the victory of Red Devils of Mexico 4-0 in the Alfredo Harp Helú Stadiumof the Mexico City.
Former major leaguer Bauer was removed from the game after pitching six hitless innings, in which he only walked one in the second inning with one out, before beginning his string of nine straight strikeouts to tie the LMB record. imposed in 1964 and then equalized in 1979.
Bauer, who on Monday was riddled by Tigres de Quintana Roo with seven hits and four runs in 3.2 innings, this time was untouchable against the Braves by striking out 14 batters – one shy of the club’s record for a 9-inning game. He faced 19 batters in six innings of work, with 60 strikes on 87 pitches.
The right-hander, a Major League Cy Young winner with the Cincinnati Reds in 2020, had two strikeout streaks in the game to compile the 14. The first was five, with two in the first inning and three more in the second.
His string of strikeouts began with one out and one on base in the third inning, leaving Luis Garcia in four pitches and fan Tito Polo in five launches.
The fourth inning was immaculate, with three strikeouts in nine pitches. He fanned Aneury Tavarez with a pitch to the ground, removing it with a throw to the initial one. Then he fanned in three to Jimmy Kerrigan and left with the carbine on his shoulder in three more pitches Alejandro Mejiato accumulate 11 strikes in a row on four batters.
In the fifth inning, Bauer fanned the three he faced to strike out eight. Mike Adolfo he left in four pitches, Marco Chicuate was the one who made him throw the most with six and Eddy Diaz He struck out on five pitches.
He record it got against Italo Motta in the sixth, after putting him in a count of two balls without strikes – automatic first ball when violating the pitch clock -, and then he hit three strikes in a row, leaving him with the bat on his shoulder.
García broke the strikeout streak by fouling out the catcher after having two strikes in his tally. The hit accounted for 3 and 2 on the sixth pitch. The other three hits were ground balls to the infield, in a park that benefits hitters. Bauer left his record at 1-0 with a 2.79 ERA.
Of the 19 batters Bauer faced, he took all of them with two strikes in their count, except for the first batter of the game Tito Polo, who after receiving a called strike, grounded out to third base on the second pitch. On a walk to Motta in the third, he took it to a full count and walked it on the seventh pitch.
José Ramón López set the record of 9 strikeouts in a row with Sultanes de Monterrey on May 20, 1964 against Diablos Rojos and Gary Williams tied it with Tampico on May 25, 1979 against Chihuahua.
Enrique Romo has the record of 15 strikeouts for a 9-inning Diablos Rojos game.
Diablos secured the victory by scoring one run in the second inning, one in the fifth and two in the sixth. José Marmolejos produced two and Franklin Barreto scored twice. Bauer climbed to the league lead in strikeouts, with a total of 16.
Fernando Lozano took the loss in 4.1 innings of six hits, two runs, two walks and five strikeouts.
