Daniel Norris of the Guardians and Pete Fairbanks of the Rays each allowed three runs despite not allowing a hit during the Rays 9-8 victory on Friday.
It was just the second time in MLB history opposing pitchers each allowed at least three runs without giving up a hit in the same game – and both instances involved Cleveland.
The previous incident occurred on May 9, 1943 when both starting pitchers – Al Milnar of the Indians and Bob Muncrief of the St. Louis Browns – accomplished the bizarre feat while also failing to record an out. Milnar walked all four batters he faced, all of whom came around to score. Muncrief then walked three with another reaching on an error before was pulled, with three runs scoring.
There was one other instance of this occurring twice in the same game by the same team, in 1938 when the Reds’ Johnny Vander Meer and Lee Grissom each allowed three runs without allowing a hit.
