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Crash Course
08-25-2005, 10:28 AM
Who are the only pitchers to hit a three-run homer, accounting for all three runs in a 3-0 shutout (that they threw)?
KCBOOMER
09-19-2005, 03:30 PM
Okay we give up. Let's try "No One".
Crash Course
09-19-2005, 04:12 PM
Nope!

The Giants' Brad Hennessey twirled seven shutout innings in a 3-0 blanking of the Brewers on July 28. But that wasn't the big news. The big news was that he also drove in all three runs himself.

His pitching line: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K

His hitting line: 3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 3 RBI, 1 HR

So how rare is it to have a pitcher hit a three-run homer for all three runs in a 3-0 shutout? According to Elias, only one other guy had ever done it. And that was Al Orth of the Phillies -- more than a century ago (on May 31, 1900).

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=2125969
KCBOOMER
09-19-2005, 05:16 PM
I believe the question states that the pitcher threw a shutout, which Hennessey did not.