Nine amazing Snell stats and facts from Giants ace’s no-hitter vs. Reds originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
It’s hard to argue against Blake Snell being the hottest pitcher on the planet right now. In five starts since he returned from the injured list on July 9, the two-time Cy Young winner has been almost unhittable, with a 0.55 ERA.
In fact, the Giants’ ace left-hander literally was unhittable Friday night against the Cincinnati Reds, as Snell pitched a no-hitter to follow up his 15-strikeout performance July 27 against the Colorado Rockies.
Likewise, after Logan Webb’s dominant shutout of the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday, the Giants’ rotation as a whole is looking very scary.
Together, those two sensational starts have unearthed some wild stats around San Francisco‘s aces but specifically Snell:
Blake Snell is the 3rd pitcher with 25+ strikeouts, 2 or fewer hits & no runs allowed in a 2-outing span (since at least 1901), joining:
2015 Max Scherzer
2001 Randy Johnsonh/t @bmags94 https://t.co/uxdKCuIXZb
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) August 3, 2024
Blake Snell of the @SFGiants has held hitters to a .078 batting average in 5 starts since coming off the IL.
That’s the lowest batting average allowed by any MLB pitcher over any 5-start span in the modern era (min. 30 IP). pic.twitter.com/653sEzCcY6
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) August 3, 2024
Blake Snell has done all of these things in the last month. Just an insane run:
– 5 shutout innings, 1 hit
– 7 shutout innings, 1 hit
– 6 shutout innings, 2 hits, 15 strikeouts
– No-hitter— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) August 3, 2024
Giants PR:
Paired with Logan Webb’s complete game shutout on July 31, this marks the first time the Giants have had back-to-back complete game shutouts pitched since:
August 19-20, 2002
Jason Schmidt 8/20/02 vs. NYM
Liván Hernández 8/19/02 at FLA— Taylor Wirth (@WirthTM) August 3, 2024
Blake Snell had never completed 8.0 innings in 201 career starts entering today, the longest streak to begin a pitcher’s career in MLB history.
He put an end to that by throwing a no-hitter. pic.twitter.com/B2qbUEdGXt
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) August 3, 2024
On Saturday, Kyle Harrison will have the chance to continue this mind-blowing stretch of starts for the Giants’ rotation. Meanwhile, Snell is lined up to face the Washington Nationals next Wednesday as he looks to remain on fire.
Perhaps more crazy stats will emerge over the next week.
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