Historic Chases · 2026-09-25

The D-backs have won 6 straight. Calvin Faucher has now thrown 20.1 straight scoreless innings — Hershiser's 59 is the mountain.

Elly De La Cruz's 30/30 season is one of fewer than fifty ever.

Seasons on a historic footing: Jacob Misiorowski (MIL), 13.13 strikeouts per nine innings, 5th among the 9,603 qualified seasons on file, behind four seasons, led by Gerrit Cole's 13.82 in 2019; Dylan Cease (TOR), 12.73 strikeouts per nine innings, 6th.

HISTORY LAST NIGHT: Alexander Cornielle made his MLB DEBUT and threw 1.0 innings, struck out 2 and allowed 2 runs ▶︎ watch.

What changed from last season: Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC) — walk rate up from 4.7% to 11.7% (29 in 620 plate appearances in 2025, 83 in 708 this season); Jackson Merrill (SD) — stolen bases up from 1 in 115 games in 2025 to 26 in 157 this season; Nolan Arenado (AZ) — strikeout rate up from 12.2% to 22.6% (49 in 401 at-bats in 2025, 119 in 527 this season); Taylor Ward (SEA) — home-run rate down from 6.2% to 1.4% (36 in 579 at-bats in 2025, 7 in 497 this season). (5 more cleared the same bar.) 9 of 774 rate comparisons across 149 qualified hitters and pitchers, corrected for having looked that many times.

Also last night: Cristopher Sánchez (PHI) struck out 10 over 7.0 IP ▶︎ watch; Jordan Walker (STL) homered for the first time since August 31, ending a 20-game drought — his 29th of the season.

Lines of the night: Dylan Beavers hit a grand slam — his first — and drove in 4 runs ▶︎ watch; Three starts of note: Eury Pérez threw a complete-game ONE-HITTER (8 K) — complete-game one-hitters happen a few times a season ▶︎ watch; Robert Gasser allowed one hit over 6.0 innings (9 K) ▶︎ watch; Jacob Lopez allowed two hits over 6.0 innings (4 K) ▶︎ watch. Two go-ahead plays: Wilyer Abreu's tiebreaking double in the 8th put the Red Sox ahead for good in a 2-0 win over the Cubs ▶︎ watch; Brice Turang's tiebreaking single in the 8th put the Brewers ahead for good in a 8-4 win over the Cardinals ▶︎ watch.

Start streaks: Jackson Jobe has struck out 8 or more in each of his last three starts (8, 9, 8).

Went deep more than once: Pete Alonso (BAL) hit 2 home runs — in his first season with the Orioles ▶︎ watch; Carter Jensen hit 2 home runs, driving in 5 — his first career multi-homer game ▶︎ watch; Munetaka Murakami (CWS) hit 2 home runs — his first career multi-homer game ▶︎ watch.

For the second straight night: Chandler Simpson (TB) took over the stolen bases lead at 46, passing Nasim Nuñez (WSH)