GIANTS THROW AN INTERESTING 3 PITCH INNING!!

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[@parttimehuman]

Dodgers fan, so i won't be subscribing. But that was awesome. I don't think I've ever seen a three pitch inning.

[@TheFrenchPug]

This is a cardinal sin. You do NOT go out, at least, as the third batter and swing at the 1st pitch after 2 consecutive outs with 2 batters. The 3rd batter must work the count to try and give his pitcher as much rest in between innings. You see some of the smartest baseball plays in the major leagues and also some of the dumbest.

[@jkoppenaal10]

Go yankees

[@wranglerman270]

Even crazier considering he gave up a double on the first pitch

[@firebirdude2]

I mean, unless it's 3 straight pop outs, that literally the only other option. Hit, then double play. Crazy would be hit, hit, triple play.

[@bowlchamps37]

@@firebirdude2 Like Americans in 1905

[@Dancindazed]

even crazier than what? That's the point of the video

[@corylohanlon]

​@@firebirdude2but it's not your standard infield grounder into a double play. That runner could have chosen to stay on 2nd, as he did on the first out.

[@the1mangang]

@@firebirdude2 No, player could get a hit and then get picked off. Heck, with the automatic intentional walk, you could have a no pitch inning. 3 walks, 3 pickoffs

[@LilOak]

Walter Johnson holds the record for most three-pitch innings by any major league pitcher with four.

[@spartacus778]

he was a special one, that guy

[@vitesse_arnhem]

The Big Train was unstoppable! He also holds another insane record - 110 career shutouts

[@afridgetoofar1818]

Greatest right handed pitcher of all time.

[@FastDuDeJiunn]

only 4......... i feel like it should be so much more. i didnt think they be so rare.

[@Matt-no7gg]

@@FastDuDeJiunn If the pitcher gets the first two guys out on two pitches, the third batter might just take the first pitch no matter what

[@toptenguy1]

-"I thought there were 2 outs!" -"There were 2 PITCHES thrown, and you were on base!"

[@thelastmanonearth2631]

Okay! You were right! That WAS an interesting 3 pitch inning!

[@bobbymoss6160]

That's some terrible base running! Had me guessing how the pitcher got a 3 pitching inning. Good stuff.

[@robmangeri777]

Pretty exciting for just 3 pitches! Some pitcher should forget about strike outs and try to perfect this lol!

[@scottmunson2917]

On the other end of the spectrum, I have a memory of an interesting four pitch sequence that began a game between the Angels and the Rangers in 1982. As I recall, on the first pitch, the batter hit a single off of the Angels' Ken Forsch. On the second pitch, the batter lay down a bunt and Forsch threw it wildly past the first baseman. With runners now on second and third, Forsch hit the batter with his third pitch. Now, with the bases loaded, Forsch threw his fourth pitch and the batter deposited it in the seats for a grand slam. A certain kind of perfection! Of course, this was so long ago that I might be doing some rewriting but I'm largely convinced it (or something quite close to it) happened.

[@thomasrobinson5190]

You built the suspense so much that I thought there was going to be a Triple Play involved. LOL.

[@scottmunson2917]

@@thomasrobinson5190 If only! Sigh...

[@gforce97]

imagine first two hitters hit singles on their first pitch and the third batter grounds into a triple play the first pitch

[@lebronjameslol3521]

Was not expecting that lol. Then surprised the runner would risk getting tagged on a pop up. I thought for sure a hard liner to second or short. Thats just terrible awareness lol

[@MrJimi16]

It's just a bad read. Happens sometimes.

[@SteefPip]

I wouldn't say terrible awareness, Slater had to make a running grab and he isn't slow. It was a gamble that Slater wasn't going to get there and he lost it.

[@almostfm]

@@SteefPip Agreed. That ball looked like it was on an express train for No Man's Land.

[@cdjhyoung]

@@almostfm That said that the ball might drop in, it still was bad base running. If the ball got by the outfielders the runner on second was going to score anyway. If it was caught, staying within tagging up distance of the bag would have given the runner a good chance of making it to third. I just don't think the guy on second thought this through at all. Where is the third base coach on this, not sending him back to second?

[@user-rr7bv3fu4b]

Ok that was pretty cool. Great pitching. Knowing baseball they pulled him after the inning.

[@msnoonan]

I was at that game. I blinked a couple of times and the next thing I knew there were 3 outs.. You really had to pay attention in that half inning or you'd miss it all.

[@mikecumbo7531]

That will help the pitch count. With a runner at second take a pitch, maybe you get a wild pitch or passed ball and that changes the half inning.

[@deputyduffy]

what the hell was the runner on 2nd doing....

[@SFGiantsRecap]

I have no idea

[@bobsbuurgers3714]

Running on contact... Thought there were 2 outs??? Dunno.🤷😅

[@davidmuchicko6471]

Its the Pirates, never forget their stupidity when it comes to base running and basic baseball knowledge

[@SegaGenesisEvangelion]

Genuinely the strangest 3-pitch inning I've seen!

[@brettreason484]

How the hell did that runner get thrown out god awful baserunning.

[@phild8095]

That baserunning mistake may have ended a two out rally.

[@Gk2003m]

He got hit hard that inning. Solid first pitch contact by all three batters.

[@cdjhyoung]

Do you think he was wondering if he really wanted to go out and face the next three batters? I'll bet his catcher and pitching coach were giving him and earful.

[@captainactiv]

Literally have innings like this while batting in MLB The Show 23.

[@andrewomahony9260]

I was expecting an out at home after the leadoff double.

[@ricoricky98]

Wow 😯

[@jasonwilliams4159]

Descalfini throws like 90% first pitch strikes so I guess pirates strategy was to attack early and it back fired.

[@superheavydeathmetal]

Andrew McCutchen is back in Pittsburgh! Cool!

[@nickrockway472]

he's raking too, it's awesome

[@mirrorblue100]

Nice. Pitchers love that.

[@america1st721]

man on 2nd no outs is looking real good...

[@weinbergerr]

Classic Pirates moment

[@deanhirakawa8436]

Now that’s an immaculate inning

[@jkfan2005]

if "let me fix that" is allowed

[@psychochayden69]

i've thrown a 4 pitch inning in junior league (just to be fair i replaced a pitcher with 0 outs with the bases loaded so we got a first pitch double play) but still nothing to a clean sheet 3 pitch inning and in the first inning

[@Citizen-pg8eu]

Ties the world record!

[@TexasTimeLord]

That is literally a record that can never be broken

[@Key_Mind]

@@TexasTimeLord You can have a 0 pitch inning actually.

[@tankhalffull]

Go Giants!

[@mayorb3366]

It's only happened 27, now 28 times since 2000.

[@texasranger9599]

That's me in 2k.

[@blaisecathcart2505]

I do this in The Show all the time

[@theoldboy70]

The good old pirates.

[@SilenceDogood76]

Are actually in first place NL central by 1/2 game right now...

[@JoshTheDragon_27]

Damnnnnnn

[@1950Grendel]

I'm sure the Pirates pitcher was pissed, even in the first inning.

[@jimlahey7318]

miss him with the reds

[@whowho8470]

I love ⚾

[@DogeManYeet]

Braves almost had a two pitch inning in extras

[@Nick-NY]

Definitely no a typical one.

[@Mundanesoup4]

Idk if I'd want him pitching the next inning lol

[@thomasrobinson5190]

Exactly! I think I might have someone in the bullpen at least stretching to get ready to warm up.

[@Lava1964]

When I played youth baseball, if our first two batters made two outs on just two pitches, there's no way our third batter would be swinging at the next pitch.

[@joelwexler]

That's your thought with one out, man on second? Very thorough.

[@johntabler349]

​@@joelwexlerbut the first 2 batters didn't make out lead off double

[@freakydylan7639]

I was there

[@josephbienkowski1560]

Former giant McCutchen? I think he was better known for being on the Pirates still before that lol.

[@SFGiantsRecap]

The Giants announcers bring up a former player even if he was only on the team for a short amount of time

[@Cool-Lake]

Kind of unexpected.

[@FUGP72]

I mena, these days, you co9uld throw a 2 pitch inning. Or a pitcher can have an "Immaculate Inning' with fewer than 9 pitches. Just takes some pitch clock violations on the batter.

[@lapavoni86]

Interesting. I prefer 4-out innings. Rarer.

[@ChiefKillaCue]

He was throwing fat pitches but it worked out for them

[@richardmcdonald6237]

That is some piss poor base running.

[@winters5201]

Has there been a 6 pitch full inning? (Both teams out on three pitches)

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

This is a good question. I don't think it's ever happened in the same inning, but it has happened in the same game. Brian Bohanon of the NY Mets threw a 3-pitch inning in the 3rd against San Fransisco, whose Rod Beck pitched a 3-pitch inning in the 9th. There is one other example I can find - - so as far as I can tell, it's NEVER happened in the same inning, but it's happened twice in the same game. And there is also a third case where the same pitcher threw a 3-pitch inning in two different innings in the same game.

[@patricksinon8496]

All this time I thought an 'Inning; consisted of BOTH teams at bat...

[@nathanweiss5174]

The Giants aren't going to be throwing any pitches in the other half of the inning ...right?

[@donaldthomas7070]

As far as a pitcher is concerned, an inning is his 3 defensive outs.

[@theivory1]

Why did the guy on second not stay there. I thought these guys were pros?

[@augustsmith9633]

It's not strange when crappy base running is involved to get doubled up.

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

Perhaps not strange when you cherry-pick a single instance, but in the grand scheme, a 3-pitch inning is astronomically rare.

[@augustsmith9633]

Sure, I guess. I don't exactly praise rarity the same way when professionals make poor game decisions but that's life I guess. I'd rather see 3 outs on 3 pitches due to quality defense not erroneous offense.

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

@August Smith Again, you're cherry picking......

[@jacejohnson-vn2rv]

Dumb runner on second

[@Flokeeylo]

Muat have had the running on contact play on. Why else who a runner on second run on a pop up with 1 out.

[@milesbowen9433]

There must have not been a furry convention in SF that day or McCutchen would have hit a homer

[@SFGiantsRecap]

Ya the furries were definitely not present for this

[@kyfann1]

I've seen a 3 out inning with no pitches being thrown .

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

no you haven't

[@flysocietyZx]

thats some bad baserunning.

[@sunny3545]

Trust me watching the pirates on offense is brutal

[@Wi-FiMerriman]

That’s awesome why was the runner on 2nd running on that play I rather see the ball drop and you have 1 out with runners on 2nd and 1st

[@SFGiantsRecap]

I’m guessing he forgot the amount of outs or thought it was dropping

[@asayeah844]

Three word comment!

[@jonesy4588]

I only saw 2 outs

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

The only conclusion one can draw is that you can't count to three.

[@danm6695]

Shouldn’t this be the immaculate inning? Not 3 K’s on 9 pitches. It can’t be a perfect inning because a perfect game would then require 27 outs on 27 pitches.

[@akmd114379]

Who was the pitcher?

[@addisonfrance]

Anthony Desclafani

[@akmd114379]

@@addisonfrance ty

[@addisonfrance]

@@akmd114379 you’re welcome

[@mattmcnulty8131]

Has there ever been a 27 pitch perfect game?

[@SFGiantsRecap]

No there hasn’t

[@motorcyclemike1299]

I counted 4 pitches... just saying

[@SFGiantsRecap]

The second one is a replay of the first pitch

[@helterskelter416]

4 pitches ...

[@SFGiantsRecap]

The “second” one was a replay

[@robertmccully2792]

Except it was not three pitches.

[@SFGiantsRecap]

What do you mean? It was

[@donaldthomas7070]

I think 1 pitch was shown twice, thus the confusion.

[@doublem1975x]

Terrible base running

[@tke7749]

L

[@JeffreyLindblom]

I disliked because that's not at all strange.

[@SFGiantsRecap]

The reason I said it was strange is because no three pitch inning starts out with a double

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

But it IS strange. There have been - - in the history of recorded baseball - - 197 3-pitch innings (or half innings). This is extremely rare. Three pitches to three batters recording three outs - has happened 197 times on the record. Remember - this isn't a game-by-game stat; it's an inning-by-inning stat. Records are incomplete when you go back past about 1920, but even if this were the case since....say..... 2000. 162 games played by 30 teams. Divide by 2 since there are two teams per game. That's 2,430 games. Times 9 innings per game (this doesn't even take into account extra inning games obviously) - and you get 21,870 innings of baseball played. 197 three pitch innings divided by 21,870 innings is less than 1%. And this only goes back to 2000. Imagine if this included the entire history of the league. Going all the way back to the late 1800s. In only 197 innings was there an inning with 3 outs recorded with 3 pitches. That 1% would drop to virtually 0. "It's not all that strange" is an absurd thing to say.

[@coreyboldt9604]

Not interesting at all

[@SFGiantsRecap]

Three pitch innings are super rare and then for the three pitch inning to happen with the first guy hitting a double is unheard of so I think it is pretty interesting

[@coreyboldt9604]

@@SFGiantsRecap they used to be rare, but not so much since around 2010

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

@@coreyboldt9604 There have been 37 3-pitch innings since 2010. We are currently in 2023, so that's 13 seasons. There are 30 MLB teams - - each playing 9 inning games. That's 30 teams TIMES 9 innings TIMES 162 games TIMES 13 seasons. That's 568,620 innings (and this doesn't count extra-inning games or playoffs). 37 / 568,620 = 0.006%. If you don't consider that rare, there's something wrong with you....

[@DarjeelingEnjoyer]

Imagine if a pitcher threw a 3 pitch inning every inning. 27 pitches the whole game

[@willoughbykrenzteinburg]

That would mean that every batter put the ball in play on the first pitch in every at-bat of the game and was put out. Yeah - that would be VERY strange.

[@jedimasterjoe5386]

Go bucs we own the giants