With Hanson being scratched a few minutes before the first pitch. Does anyone remember the last time or ever, a pitcher finished off the game in the previous night then started the very next night? Buckner recorded the last two outs in last nights game then gets the call to start tonight. I can't think of any other pitcher in recent history that has had to do this...interesting....
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That is a fascinating nugget there. Surely this is a rare occurrence.Comment -
Tom Seaver did it the SAME DAY, with the WhiteSox.
Seaver did enter the record books by being the pitcher of record on May 9, 1984. When Harold Baines won the game with a home run in the 25th inning, Seaver won the first eight-hour game in major league history. It had been stopped after 17 innings and resumed the next day. As the scheduled starter later that day, he became the first White Sox pitcher since Wilbur Wood to win two games played in the same day.Comment
