Orioles' 1966 record tied

[WillyM]

It doesn't seem to have received a great deal of notice, but the postseason record for consecutive scoreless innings by a pitching staff, set by the Orioles in 1966, has now been tied.

The Orioles shut down the Dodgers for 33 consecutive innings in the '66 World Series.  Moe Drabowsky pitched six scoreless innings in relief in game 1, then Jim Palmer, Wally Bunker, and Dave McNally recorded complete-game shutouts in games 2, 3, and 4.

After the Padres touched up Walker Buehler for six runs in the second inning of game 3 in the NLDS, this year's Dodgers looked like anything but a team likely to put together a record scoreless string.  But the Dodgers held the Padres scoreless in the third through the eighth innings of that game, shut out the Padres in games 4 and 5, and shut out the Mets in game 1 of the NLCS, making a total of 33 consecutive scoreless innings.

As an indication of how the game has changed over the intervening 58 years, the Dodgers used twelve different pitchers during those 33 innings.

When the Dodgers, after having been wildly successful with a bullpen game in game 4 against the Padres, tried the same thing in game 2 against New York, Francisco Lindor led off the first inning with a homer, thus preventing LA from extending the streak any further.

The Orioles, of course, are still the undisputed holders of the World Series record.

[Just Regular]

I looked at the 1969 ALCS, and Cuellar added 4 more innings before the Twins got a run in the 5th.

The first ever ALCS game, it looks to have been pretty thrilling for the Orioles.    Boog a 9th inning HR with the team down a run, in his 4th look at Jim Perry trying for a complete game 3-2 win.    In extras, Dick Hall worked out of a 12th inning jam before the O's scored the winning run.

World Series only, Cuellar added 6 more innings before the Mets got a run.

[WillyM]

12 hours ago, Just Regular said:

I looked at the 1969 ALCS, and Cuellar added 4 more innings before the Twins got a run in the 5th.

The first ever ALCS game, it looks to have been pretty thrilling for the Orioles.    Boog a 9th inning HR with the team down a run, in his 4th look at Jim Perry trying for a complete game 3-2 win.    In extras, Dick Hall worked out of a 12th inning jam before the O's scored the winning run.

World Series only, Cuellar added 6 more innings before the Mets got a run.

Good observations.  So if  one counts multiple seasons, the Orioles' postseason scoreless streak extended to 37 and the World Series streak went to 39.

I remember the first ALCS game.  I was going to college in upstate New York at the time.  I was watching the game in a room full of Mets fans, who were extremely anxious for the Orioles-Twins game to end so that TV could switch over to the Mets-Braves.

It was pretty annoying when the Mets fans were rooting passionately for the Twins to score in the top of the 12th, but they were delighted when Belanger scored on Blair's bunt single to win it in the bottom half.