During the big 8th inning of the O's / A's game tonight, the A's batted around the order without a ball being put in play. Just curious if anyone knows when the last time that has happened? Hard to believe in this day and age a MLB team cannot find guys to throw strikes.
that is pretty crazy.... just looked at the recap:
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr id="pitcher" class="bg3" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td colspan="2" class="bg1" align="left">Brian Bass pitching:</td></tr><tr id="batter" class="bg2" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Jack Cust:</td><td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul,
Cust walked.</td></tr><tr id="batter" class="bg3" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Kurt Suzuki:</td><td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">
Rajai Davis ran for Jack Cust, Strike looking,
Suzuki hit by pitch, Davis to second.</td></tr><tr id="subst" class="bg2" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td colspan="2" class="bg1" align="left">Brian Burres relieved Brian Bass.</td></tr><tr id="batter" class="bg3" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Daric Barton:</td><td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Ball,
Davis stole third, Ball, Ball, Strike looking,
Barton walked, Suzuki to second.</td></tr><tr id="batter" class="bg2" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Jack Hannahan:</td><td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Ball, Ball, Ball,
Hannahan walked, Davis scored, Suzuki to third, Barton to second.</td></tr><tr id="batter" class="bg3" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Aaron Cunningham:</td><td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">
Kam Mickolio relieved Brian Burres, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball,
Cunningham walked, Suzuki scored, Barton to third, Hannahan to second.</td></tr><tr id="batter" class="bg2" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Eric Patterson:</td><td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball,
Patterson walked, Barton scored, Hannahan to third, Cunningham to second.</td></tr><tr id="batter" class="bg3" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Ryan Sweeney:</td><td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball,
Sweeney struck out swinging.</td></tr><tr id="batter" class="bg2" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Bobby Crosby:</td><td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball,
Crosby walked, Hannahan scored, Cunningham to third, Patterson to second.</td></tr><tr id="batter" class="bg3" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Emil Brown:</td><td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">
Randor Bierd relieved Kam Mickolio, Strike looking, Ball, Foul,
Brown flied out to left.</td></tr><tr id="batter" class="bg2" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Rajai Davis:</td><td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">
Davis homered to left, Cunningham, Patterson and Crosby scored.</td></tr><tr id="batter" class="bg3" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Kurt Suzuki:</td><td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball,
Suzuki flied out to center.</td></tr><tr id="inning" class="bg2" align="right" valign="middle" height="17"><td colspan="2" class="bg2" align="left">End of Inning (8 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)</td></tr></tbody></table>