Lucas Giolito's excellent start on Thursday gave the White Sox their first four-game sweep over the Tigers since 2005. Giolito's 13 strikeouts marked just the second time a Sox starter has struck out at least 10 batters in a game in 2020, and it was the first 13+ strikeout performance since...Giolito struck out 13 A's in a 2-0 loss on August 11, 2019.
More importantly for today's Sporcle, Giolito recorded a game score of 83, the first time a Sox pitcher has done that this season. (Entering Friday's action, there have been 16 such games in MLB this season) You know where this is going: which other Sox pitchers have logged a game score of 80 or better? That's what today's Sporcle is all about: since 1990, there have been 162 pitching performances that have met that 80 game score threshold. Some of the names are pretty obvious, while others are a bit more obscure. How many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 15 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the date of the game, the opponent, and the game score.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The White Sox are 152-10 when a pitcher records a game score of 80 or better.
- Of the 162 games on this list, 54 of them were complete game shutouts.
- The highest pitch count from the games on this list is a robust 140, coming on 9/5/1995, a 2-1 win over Texas. The lowest count? A miserly 83, a 2-0 shutout against Boston on 5/22/2002.
- The team most victimized has been the Detroit Tigers, appearing 16 times on this list. Kansas City is just one behind with 15 games, and strangely, a non-divisonal opponent, Seattle, also with 15.
All data from stathead.com
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