Good morning!
Last Thursday, the White Sox avoided the sweep in Seattle behind a very strong start from Garrett Crochet. Allowing just two hits and one run over seven innings against thirteen strikeouts, Crochet logged a first for the White Sox this season: a game score of 80.
It's not really a knock on White Sox pitching, either, that we're nearly to July before a starter logged an 80 game score: entering Friday night's action, seven teams have yet to have one of their own accomplish the feat and there have been just 49 games across MLB this season with an 80 or higher. (For those wondering, there have been a five pitchers who have two: Ronel Blanco, Jack Flaherty, Max Fried, Logan Gilbert, and Ranger Suárez.)
By now, you know where this is going: which other Sox pitchers have logged a game score of 80 or better? That’s what today’s Sporcle is all about: since 1990, there have been 179 pitching performances that have met that 80 game score threshold. Some of the names are pretty obvious, while others are a bit more obscure. How many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I’ve allotted 15 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I’ve provided the date of the game, the opponent, and the game score.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The White Sox are 167-12 when a pitcher records a game score of 80 or better.
- Of the 179 games on this list, 59 of them were complete game shutouts.
- The highest pitch count from the games on this list is a robust 140, coming on 9/5/1995, a 2-1 win over Texas. The lowest count? A miserly 83, a 2-0 shutout against Boston on 5/22/2002.
- The team most victimized has been the Detroit Tigers, appearing 18 times on this list. Kansas City is just one behind with 17 games, while the top non-divisional opponent is Seattle, with 16.
All data from stathead.com
