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Nick Pivetta threw seven strong innings and was one of three pitchers to help the Padres shut out … More the Nationals, 1-0. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) Getty Images On June 4, 1972, there were 16 MLB games played. In half of them, one team was shut out. Just for completeness, here are those games: Athletics over Orioles 2-0 (in both ends of a double header) Tigers over Twins, 3-0 Red Sox over Royals, 4-0 Cardinals over Dodgers, 4-0 Rangers over Brewers, 10-0 Astros over Expos, 5-0 Reds over Phillies, 2-0 Prior to last night, there had been just seven occasions when there were seven shutouts in a single day, with the latest being September 5, 2006. Said differently, we have not had a day in major league baseball like yesterday in nearly 19 years. And only one other day like it in the last 57 years. Suffice it to say, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, was somewhat of an anomaly in baseball history. Let’s take a look at yesterday’s games: Padres over Nationals, 1-0 Rangers over Orioles, 7-0 Athletics over Tigers, 3-0 Rays over Royals, 3-0 Twins over Mariners, 2-0 Cubs over Cardinals, 8-0 Astros over Phillies, 2-0 What is interesting (to this writer, at least) is that Orioles were on the losing end of three of these games; and the Royals, Phillies, and Expos/Nationals were all shut out on both days. But what is even more interesting is that to get eight shutouts in 1972, a total of 14 pitchers were used by the winning teams. In 2006, a full generation later, 14 pitchers were used to get seven shutouts. But fast forward another generation, to 2025, and to get the same seven shutouts, the winning teams required 27 pitchers, nearly twice as many. But “required” is…

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