Losing 1-Zip On The Road In Non-Extras
Posted by Steve Lombardi on August 15, 2010
According to my quick calculations, today's 1-0 loss to the Royals was the first time in the last 8 years and 3 months (thereabouts) that the Yankees lost a non-extra innings game on the road by that score. How many other teams, since 2002 through yesterday, have lost 1-0 games on the road in non-extras?
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Using this data, one could say that "it" happens about 18 times a year - since '02. But, not to the Yankees...at least in a while.
August 15th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
So is it correct to say that, until today, it had happened to every other major league team since the last time it happened to the Yankees?
August 15th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
A cursory glance indicates that NL teams are overrepresented on this list, which would make sense with the lack of DH and general talent disparity recently between the two leagues. I'm sure that worked in the Yanks favor. That and the $200 million payroll... :-p
August 15th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
@1 - Yes, unfortunately, another example of bad things not happening to the Yankees very often. No other team even had it happen just once. The two teams that only had it happen twice are the Cubs and Tigers.
My computer is extra slow tonight (almost as old as the last time this happened to the Yankees, with hard drive almost filled to capacity), so I couldn't check some things I wanted to check. All of the games from 2010 involved 8 offensive innings by the home team. The criteria here is non-extras. Were any of the games included above won via walk-off in the bottom of the ninth?
August 15th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
@3, thanks, but it seems to me that it happened only once to the Rangers.
August 16th, 2010 at 5:54 am
It's happened to both the Reds and Dodgers 3 times, each, already this season. I wonder of one, or both, will make it four times before the year is over? It hasn't happened to anyone 4 x in a yr. since 2002.
August 16th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Looks like Detroit now own the longest streak at 6 years.