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Elias Says ...

By Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
Special to ESPN Insider

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports: Which active pitcher has retired a game's first 14 batters most often? Mike Mussina didn't allow a batter to reach base until Daryle Ward singled with two out in the fifth in a 9-0 victory over the Pirates on Tuesday. It was the sixth time that Mussina retired the first 14 batters in a game, tying Curt Schilling for the second-highest total among active pitchers. Randy Johnson has done it seven times. How tough is it to retir ...

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