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Take a whiff: Padres, Giants unite for modern-record 36 Ks
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<blockquote data-quote="admin" data-source="post: 2572302" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/editorial_image/8f/8f48e49dfbdbf4f848038f07ff05a8e0/take_a_whiff_padres_giants_unite_for_modernrecord_ks.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p></p> </p><p> Above, you probably see a screen capture of <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8340/" target="_blank">Will Venable</a> of the <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/sdg/" target="_blank">San Diego Padres</a> striking out against left-hander <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7079/" target="_blank">Javier Lopez</a> of the <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/sfo/" target="_blank">San Francisco Giants</a>.</p><p></p><p> Venable's wave-and-miss in the 14th inning Wednesday night was no ordinary K. As the 36th strikeout of night, it set <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/ESPNStatsInfo/status/88930216671588352" target="_blank">a modern record for most</a> in a game of 14 innings or shorter. The old record of 35 was set by the Angels and Rangers in a 13-inning game in 2007.</p><p></p><p> Well, check out the human air conditioning units at AT&T Park. The power bill alone would be enough to turn owner <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/09/MNCU1ILNB2.DTL" target="_blank">Bill Neukom's hair white</a>. He isn't paying to cool the outdoors, you know! Let's delve deeper into the numbers below: </p><p></p><p> All allusions to electric fans aside, <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore;_ylt=AlBPFePM.xSgmJ1mpfExEWK4u7YF?gid=310706126" target="_blank">Padres batters whiffed 19 times</a> and it might have been more, if not for the Giants' <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8054/" target="_blank">Nate Schierholtz</a> ending the game with a home run in the bottom of the 14th. (And he struck out only once in six at-bats.)</p><p></p><p> Neither starting pitcher reached double figures in Ks, but <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16698575" target="_blank">the Giants bullpen did</a>, with <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7730/" target="_blank">Ramon Ramirez</a>, <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6214/" target="_blank">Guillermo Mota</a>, <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7743/" target="_blank">Brian Wilson</a>, <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8282/" target="_blank">Sergio Romo</a> and Lopez combining to strike out 13 batters.</p><p></p><p> Padres right-hander <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7507/" target="_blank">Dustin Moseley</a> struck out a career-high nine while the Giants collectively managed just one walk (the Padres coaxed three).</p><p></p><p> The worst individual batting offenders: On the Padres' side, <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7665/" target="_blank">Chris Denorfia</a> and <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8101/" target="_blank">Rob Johnson</a> each pulled a hat trick with three apiece. For the Giants, <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6545/" target="_blank">Aubrey Huff</a> and <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6901/" target="_blank">Andres Torres</a> also struck out three times each.</p><p></p><p> No Golden Sombreros for anyone, then. It's more democratic that way.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><em>Follow Dave on Twitter —*<a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/answerdave" target="_blank">@AnswerDave</a> — and engage*the Stew <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BigLeagueStewYahoo" target="_blank">on Facebook</a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="admin, post: 2572302, member: 1"] [IMG]http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/editorial_image/8f/8f48e49dfbdbf4f848038f07ff05a8e0/take_a_whiff_padres_giants_unite_for_modernrecord_ks.jpg[/IMG] </p> Above, you probably see a screen capture of [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8340/"]Will Venable[/URL] of the [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/sdg/"]San Diego Padres[/URL] striking out against left-hander [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7079/"]Javier Lopez[/URL] of the [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/sfo/"]San Francisco Giants[/URL]. Venable's wave-and-miss in the 14th inning Wednesday night was no ordinary K. As the 36th strikeout of night, it set [URL="http://twitter.com/#!/ESPNStatsInfo/status/88930216671588352"]a modern record for most[/URL] in a game of 14 innings or shorter. The old record of 35 was set by the Angels and Rangers in a 13-inning game in 2007. Well, check out the human air conditioning units at AT&T Park. The power bill alone would be enough to turn owner [URL="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/09/MNCU1ILNB2.DTL"]Bill Neukom's hair white[/URL]. He isn't paying to cool the outdoors, you know! Let's delve deeper into the numbers below: All allusions to electric fans aside, [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore;_ylt=AlBPFePM.xSgmJ1mpfExEWK4u7YF?gid=310706126"]Padres batters whiffed 19 times[/URL] and it might have been more, if not for the Giants' [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8054/"]Nate Schierholtz[/URL] ending the game with a home run in the bottom of the 14th. (And he struck out only once in six at-bats.) Neither starting pitcher reached double figures in Ks, but [URL="http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16698575"]the Giants bullpen did[/URL], with [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7730/"]Ramon Ramirez[/URL], [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6214/"]Guillermo Mota[/URL], [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7743/"]Brian Wilson[/URL], [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8282/"]Sergio Romo[/URL] and Lopez combining to strike out 13 batters. Padres right-hander [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7507/"]Dustin Moseley[/URL] struck out a career-high nine while the Giants collectively managed just one walk (the Padres coaxed three). The worst individual batting offenders: On the Padres' side, [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7665/"]Chris Denorfia[/URL] and [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8101/"]Rob Johnson[/URL] each pulled a hat trick with three apiece. For the Giants, [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6545/"]Aubrey Huff[/URL] and [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6901/"]Andres Torres[/URL] also struck out three times each. No Golden Sombreros for anyone, then. It's more democratic that way. [CENTER][I]Follow Dave on Twitter —*[URL="http://twitter.com/#%21/answerdave"]@AnswerDave[/URL] — and engage*the Stew [URL="http://www.facebook.com/BigLeagueStewYahoo"]on Facebook[/URL][/I][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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