White Sox’ Buehrle Sets Consecutive Hitter Perfection Record
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A week ago last Thursday, this blog posted on Chicago White Sox lefthander Mark Buehrle’s perfect game effort against the Tampa Bay Rays. Well, Buehrle’s perfection didn’t end there as the lefthander made a serious bid to the feat on Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins.
It was batter up, batter down as Buehrle retired the first 17 batters he faced through 5 2/3 innings to set an All-Time MLB record of 45 straight hitters retired.
MLB.com’s Scott Merkin reports on the previous holders of Buehrle’s record:
White Sox closer Bobby Jenks had a share of the previous record, retiring 41 straight from July 17-Aug. 12, 2007, and matching Jim Barr’s 41 in a row for San Francisco from Aug. 23-29, 1972.
With 2 outs in the sixth and the White Sox up by 1-0, Buehrle issued a walk to end the consecutive streak and any chance of a repeat perfect game. A single and a double later and the Twins had tied the game.
An inning later, in the seventh, Buehrle was pounded for 4 runs on a couple of soft, seeing-eye RBI singles before leaving the game with 1 out.
AP Sports Writer Jon Krawczynski reports Buehrle’s reaction to the record and to the loss:
“It’s just frustrating after a loss,” Buehrle said… “It might mean more tomorrow or the next day once I cool off. But I’m not too happy right now.”
The White Sox managed to score 2 runs in the ninth on 3rd baseman Gordon Beckham’s RBI single, but it was not enough as the Twins prevailed by a 5-3 margin.
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