When I saw a tweet about the New Hampshire Fisher Cats scoring 10 runs on one hit -- and eight runs before a hit -- against the Portland Sea Dogs on Tuesday, I thought we might have a challenger for the worst professional inning I've ever witnessed, which was the Birmingham Barons' infamous 13-walk inning back in 2021.
But nope. In terms of pure wildness, three Sea Dogs pitchers only combined for eight of them. The pitiful sequence is as follows:
- Walk
- Walk
- Strikeout
- Sac fly
- Walk
- Walk
- Walk
- HBP
- Walk
- HBP
- Walk
- Walk
- Single
- Strikeout
We're approaching the five-year anniversary of that game, and it may remain the damndest thing I've ever seen, in the literal sense of it being the most damnable.
Charlotte 7, Memphis 3
- Sam Antonacci and William Bergolla Jr. both were 1-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Jacob Gonzalez went 1-for-3 with a homer, two walks, a strikeout and a stolen base.
- Noah Schultz: 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, 52 of 73 pitches for strikes.
Chattanooga 4, Birmingham 2
- Rikuu Nishida was 1-for-3 with a double and two walks.
- Braden Montgomery went 1-for-5.
- Jeral Perez was 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Christian Oppor: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 2 HBP, 37 of 70 pitches for strikes.
Winston-Salem 5, Frederick 4
- Kyle Lodise went 1-for-4 with a double, walk and strikeout.
- Caleb Bonemer was 2-for-3 with an HBP.
- Anthony DePino went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- George Wolkow, 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Colby Shelton went 2-for-4 with a strikeout. He also stole a base and was picked off.
- Gabe Davis: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 23 of 37 pitches for strikes.
Kannapolis 4, Hickory 0
- Jaden Fauske was 0-for-4 with a walk and three strikeouts.
- Billy Carlson went 1-for-3 with a walk, sac bunt and a strikeout.
- Boston Smith singled, walked, struck out and got plunked.
