One among baseball’s rarest feats, the right recreation, has occurred simply 24 times within the lengthy historical past of the main leagues. No crew within the main leagues has ever thrown a couple of in a single season.
The feat had by no means been achieved within the minor leagues both, till this month.
The Greensboro Grasshoppers, the Excessive-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, have now pitched two excellent video games within the final 9 days.
The Grasshoppers obtained issues began on July 4, visiting the Aberdeen Ironbirds (Orioles). Three Grasshoppers pitchers — Kristian Curtis (Pittsburgh’s No. 24 prospect), Jake Shirk and Michael Walsh — mixed to utterly shut down the Ironbirds and lead the Grasshoppers to a 2-0 win.
On Sunday, at dwelling towards the Bowling Inexperienced Sizzling Rods (Rays), the feat occurred once more. 4 Grasshoppers pitchers — Hung Lung Cheng, Joshua Loeschorn, Shirk, and Jarod Bayless — pitched a second excellent recreation in a 4-0 win.
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