The Boston Crimson Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 2–0 on Wednesday evening within the quickest MLB sport since 2010.
The sport, additionally the quickest because the institution of the pitch clock, lasted only one hour and 49 minutes as Crimson Sox pitcher Tanner Houck threw 94 pitches in a shutout. It was the primary shutout of his profession, and the primary full sport thrown by a Crimson Sox pitcher since Could 2022. Houck threw 9 strikeouts and allowed simply three hits.
The final time an MLB sport was performed this shortly was on June 2, 2010, when Cleveland misplaced to the Detroit Tigers in a single hour and 44 minutes, according to MLB’s Sarah Langs.
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Second baseman Pablo Reyes scored the Crimson Sox’s first run of the night within the third inning after getting on base with a single and finally coming residence on a balk. Catcher Connor Wong then hit a 366-foot solo residence run within the backside of the fourth inning to increase Boston’s lead.
The Crimson Sox improved to 10–9 on the season with the victory, whereas the Guardians fell to 12–6.
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