Acuña, Ohtani, deep drives … oh my! Soak up 10 large stats of week

Here’s our weekly take a look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the final week in baseball (June 8-14).

Kershaw mastery: Last Thursday, Clayton Kershaw went seven scoreless. It was his 63rd profession scoreless begin of seven innings. That tied Don Sutton for probably the most such begins by a Dodger since 1900. Don Drysdale is subsequent on the record, with 53.

Another good begin: Bobby Miller was spectacular once more on Saturday, going six scoreless innings. Miller is simply the second Dodgers pitcher since at the least 1901 to go at the least 5 innings and permit one run or fewer in every of his first 4 profession appearances, becoming a member of 2016 Kenta Maeda.

Young and highly effective: Francisco Alvarez hit his twelfth house run of the season on Saturday. That’s probably the most house runs by a primary-position catcher at age 21 or youthful in his first 45 video games performed in a season, one forward of 1969 Johnny Bench’s 11. Alvarez’s 12 lengthy balls are already the fourth-most in age-21 season or youthful by an AL/NL catchers, behind solely 1969 Bench (26), 1973 Darrell Porter (16) and 1968 Bench (15).

Crawford on the mound: Brandon Crawford performed 1,564 video games within the area, all at shortstop, earlier than debuting on the mound on Sunday. That’s the second-most fielding video games at just one place previous to a participant’s first profession pitching look amongst gamers to debut since 1900, in accordance with the Elias Sports Bureau. Only Mark Grace had extra, with 2,113 video games at first base earlier than pitching on Sept. 2, 2002. In that 2002 sport, David Ross hit his first profession homer off Grace. In the opposing dugout on Sunday? Ross, managing the Cubs.

Multiple multi-homer efforts: Crawford took the mound due to fairly the offensive outpouring. With Joc Pederson and Thairo Estrada, it was the third time the Giants have had two gamers with a number of homers in the identical sport at Oracle Park, becoming a member of Moises Alou and Pedro Feliz on May 25, 2005, and Rich Aurilia and José Cruz on April 7, 2003. And no visiting crew has accomplished it, so it was the third time a crew has had two gamers with a number of house runs in the identical sport at Oracle Park.

Decisive walk-off: Nolan Jones left little question in ending the sport Sunday, crushing a 472-foot walk-off house run. That’s the longest walk-off homer tracked by Statcast (since 2015), surpassing Byron Buxton’s 469-foot walk-off on April 24, 2022. He has two 470-plus-foot homers this month, tied for the second most in a calendar month tracked by Statcast, behind solely Trevor Story’s three in September 2018.

Miller shines: Bryce Miller went six innings on Monday, permitting a run on only one hit — a solo homer. It was the fourth time he’s gone at the least six innings and allowed two hits or fewer. Miller is the primary pitcher since at the least 1901 to go at the least six innings and permit two hits or fewer in at the least 4 of his first eight profession appearances.

The streak that was: The A’s received seven straight video games earlier than dropping Wednesday. They entered the streak with a .194 successful proportion. That’s tied for the longest win streak by a crew to enter with a sub-.200 successful proportion, at the least 25 video games right into a season, in accordance with Elias. The A’s tied the 1895 Louisville Colonels, who had been at .192 at the beginning of their streak, and the 1885 Detroit Wolverines, who had been at .190.

Acuña can’t cease hitting lengthy house runs: With his 461-foot homer on Wednesday, Ronald Acuña Jr. now has 11 house runs of at the least 460 ft in his profession. That’s two greater than anybody else in MLB for the reason that begin of 2018 and the second most by any participant tracked by Statcast (since 2015), behind solely Giancarlo Stanton’s 18. His six 450-plus-foot homers are the second-most earlier than July in a single season below Statcast behind Stanton’s eight in ’15. The most in a season in that span is 10, by Stanton in ’17.

Ohtani continues to be certainly one of one: Shohei Ohtani’s house run Wednesday had a 116.1 mph exit velocity — and it went to the other area. It was the hardest-hit opposite-field homer by a lefty tracked by Statcast, by lots. The prior such mark was 113.0 mph by Joey Gallo on Sept. 25, 2017. It was Ohtani’s eighth house run with at the least a 116 mph exit velocity for the reason that begin of 2021, second-most in MLB in that span, behind solely Stanton, with 10. Nobody else has greater than three.