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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p During the 1988 Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season, pitcher Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers set the MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched. Hershiser pitched 59 consecutive innings in which opposing hitters did not score a run against him. During the streak, he averted numerous high risk scoring situations, which are described below both in common language and official baseball play-by-play scoring language along with the three innings that defined the beginning, end and record-breaking inning of the streak. The streak spanned from the sixth inning of an August 30, 1988 game against the Montreal Expos to the tenth inning of the September 28, 1988 game against the San Diego Padres. The previous record of 58 innings was set by former Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale in 1968; as a Dodgers radio announcer for the 1988 season, Drysdale called games as Hershiser pursued his record. Commentators have described this streak as among the greatest individual streaks in sports and among the greatest records in baseball history.During the streak, the Elias Sports Bureau changed its criteria for the official consecutive scoreless innings record for starting pitchers to count only complete scoreless innings, rather than include fractional innings in which one or two outs had been recorded. Since the streak was active at the end of the 1988 season, it would have spanned two separate baseball seasons if Hershiser had pitched any additional scoreless innings to begin the 1989 season. However, he yielded a run in his first inning of work that season, thus ending his streak. The streak only includes innings pitched in the regular season, thus excluding the eight scoreless innings that he pitched to start Game 1 of the 1988 National League (NL) Championship Series on October 4 (unofficially stretching his streak to 67 innings combined in the regular season and postseason). Although he completed the ninth inning in each start, the streak's final game lasted 16 innings, of which he only pitched ten. Thus, Hershiser did not match Drysdale's record of six consecutive complete game shutouts. Like Drysdale's streak, the penultimate game of Hershiser's streak was a Dodgers–Giants game that featured a controversial umpire ruling that saved the streak. In the ultimate game, Hershiser opposed the San Diego Padres.The streak was initially overshadowed by Hershiser achieving 20 wins as well as the race for the NL Cy Young Award between Hershiser and Danny Jackson until Hershiser reached 40 consecutive innings. Another distraction during the streak was his wife's pregnancy and his son's childbirth complications. The record-setting game was overshadowed by the 1988 Summer Olympics, American football, and baseball pennant races. It was not even broadcast on local television in Los Angeles. Following the regular season, Hershiser was awarded the NL Cy Young Award. He continued to play at a high level in the playoffs, earning both the NL Championship Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award and the World Series MVP Award. That year, he also secured Sportsman of the Year and Associated Press Athlete of the Year honors. Hershiser appeared in the 1989 MLB All-Star Game and continued to be an effective pitcher for many seasons, including two additional appearances in the World Series, one of which was preceded by his winning the 1995 AL Championship Series MVP Award.. }

• Orel_Hershiser's_scoreless_innings_streak abstract "During the 1988 Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season, pitcher Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers set the MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched. Hershiser pitched 59 consecutive innings in which opposing hitters did not score a run against him. During the streak, he averted numerous high risk scoring situations, which are described below both in common language and official baseball play-by-play scoring language along with the three innings that defined the beginning, end and record-breaking inning of the streak. The streak spanned from the sixth inning of an August 30, 1988 game against the Montreal Expos to the tenth inning of the September 28, 1988 game against the San Diego Padres. The previous record of 58 innings was set by former Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale in 1968; as a Dodgers radio announcer for the 1988 season, Drysdale called games as Hershiser pursued his record. Commentators have described this streak as among the greatest individual streaks in sports and among the greatest records in baseball history.During the streak, the Elias Sports Bureau changed its criteria for the official consecutive scoreless innings record for starting pitchers to count only complete scoreless innings, rather than include fractional innings in which one or two outs had been recorded. Since the streak was active at the end of the 1988 season, it would have spanned two separate baseball seasons if Hershiser had pitched any additional scoreless innings to begin the 1989 season. However, he yielded a run in his first inning of work that season, thus ending his streak. The streak only includes innings pitched in the regular season, thus excluding the eight scoreless innings that he pitched to start Game 1 of the 1988 National League (NL) Championship Series on October 4 (unofficially stretching his streak to 67 innings combined in the regular season and postseason). Although he completed the ninth inning in each start, the streak's final game lasted 16 innings, of which he only pitched ten. Thus, Hershiser did not match Drysdale's record of six consecutive complete game shutouts. Like Drysdale's streak, the penultimate game of Hershiser's streak was a Dodgers–Giants game that featured a controversial umpire ruling that saved the streak. In the ultimate game, Hershiser opposed the San Diego Padres.The streak was initially overshadowed by Hershiser achieving 20 wins as well as the race for the NL Cy Young Award between Hershiser and Danny Jackson until Hershiser reached 40 consecutive innings. Another distraction during the streak was his wife's pregnancy and his son's childbirth complications. The record-setting game was overshadowed by the 1988 Summer Olympics, American football, and baseball pennant races. It was not even broadcast on local television in Los Angeles. Following the regular season, Hershiser was awarded the NL Cy Young Award. He continued to play at a high level in the playoffs, earning both the NL Championship Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award and the World Series MVP Award. That year, he also secured Sportsman of the Year and Associated Press Athlete of the Year honors. Hershiser appeared in the 1989 MLB All-Star Game and continued to be an effective pitcher for many seasons, including two additional appearances in the World Series, one of which was preceded by his winning the 1995 AL Championship Series MVP Award.".