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Originally Posted by BearBailey
Joaquin Benoit 7 inning save vs the Orioles. Rangers starter was thrown out for trying to beam the lead off batter in retaliation for hit batter a rod in top of first. Next night starter comes in and pitched 2 innings Todd Van Poppel. Joaquin Benoit came in and pitched the last 7 innings for the one and only 7 inning save in MLB history. It was a September game early 2000s.
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That reminds me of Ernie Shore.
Babe Ruth started a game and walked the first batter. He was ejected from the game before the second batter came up.
Ernie Shore took the mound in relief. The inherited runner was thrown out Shore set down the 26 batters he faced.
https://baseballhall.org/discover/ba...om-ernie-shore