Originally Posted by
cleaveland
This idea of mine came from me thinking about Orel Hershiser's consecutive scoreless innings, this was the regular season part of it:
"On Aug. 30, 1988, the Dodgers faced the Expos at Stade Olympique. Orel Hershiser was on the mound. In the bottom of the fifth, with the Dodgers up 4-0, the Expos scored two runs. It was the last time a team would score on Hershiser that season. He blanked the Expos for the final four innings of that game, upping his record to 18-8 and lowering his ERA to 2.84. Here's what the rest of his year looked like:
Sept. 5: At Atlanta, 9 IP, 0 runs, 4 hits
Sept. 10: In LA vs. the Reds, 9 IP, 0 runs, 7 hits
Sept. 14: In LA, vs. the Braves, 9 IP, 0 runs, 6 hits
Sept. 19: At Houston, 9 IP, 0 runs, 4 hits
Sept. 23: At San Francisco, 9 IP, 0 runs, 5 hits
Sept. 28: At San Diego, 10 IP, 0 runs, 4 hits
Hershiser had pitched 59 scoreless innings, breaking Don Drysdale's mark by 1/3 of an inning. At the end of the streak, his ERA was 2.26, more than half a run lower than it had been just a month earlier."
What I was theorizing about is that if enough pitchers had great streaks (probably never like that again) but great streaks, and we see them every season...you could use that to win this parlay. That's what I was saying. And if several pitchers had dominant runs and the right capper was riding them like what I'm saying...it's possible.
It would take the right conditions and the right capper with luck on their side of course.