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The @Brewers and @RaysBaseball combined for 7 hits in the 1st inning tonight - tied for the most combined hits in the 1st inning of any World Series game all-time.
Dak Prescott is 13-7 all-time on Thursdays, one win shy of Tom Brady for the most by any QB in NFL history.
The Cowboys' 45 wins are one shy of tying the Lions for the most ever, while the Bucs' five wins on Thursday are tied for the fewest of any current franchise.
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Garrett Mitchell is the only MLB player in the wild card era (since 1995) to rob a potential game-tying or go-ahead HR in the 8th inning or later of a postseason game.
Bryan Baker of @RaysBaseball is the only MLB pitcher to save every game of a 3+ game sweep in the postseason while not allowing a single hit (since saves became official in 1969).
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The Braves went 1-for-23 (.043) with runners in scoring position in the series against the Dodgers.
That's the second-lowest batting average with RISP in a postseason series in MLB history (min. 20 AB with RISP), behind only the Dodgers in the 1966 World Series (0-for-22).
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This is the first time in MLB history 2 Japanese-born pitchers earned wins in the postseason on the same day (Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Yuki Matsui).
Michael King of the @Padres is the only MLB pitcher to start a postseason game and then notch a 6+ out save within the next 2 days (since saves became official in 1969).
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the only pitcher in MLB history to earn the win in 5 straight postseason appearances while not allowing more than 1 run or 1 walk in any of them.
All 5 have come on the road.
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Since pitches were first tracked in 1988, Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the only MLB pitcher to have a postseason start on the road with:
7.0+ innings pitched
10+ strikeouts
no more than 1 walk
under 100 pitches
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto is 7-1 in his 10 career postseason appearances.
The only other pitchers in MLB history with at least seven wins and no more than one loss in their first 10 postseason games are Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez (8-0) and Jim Palmer (7-1).
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The @AtlantaFalcons are the only team in NFL history to have a 2-game span with:
80+ points
800+ total yards
8+ rushing TDs
no more than 1 turnover
no more than 1 sack allowed
The Yankees are the first MLB team to have more players commit an error (4) than they had get a hit (3) in a postseason game since the Reds did it when they were no-hit by Roy Halladay on October 6, 2010.
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The @whitesox are the only MLB team in the modern era to have their bullpen pitch 5.0+ innings, strike out 5+ batters & earn the win in 4 consecutive games (reg or post).
Cam Schlittler has 24 strikeouts and 1 walk allowed through 3 career postseason starts.
The only other pitcher with 20 or more Ks and no more than 1 walk through his first 3 playoff starts all-time is Schoolboy Rowe (20 K, 0 BB) in 1934-1935.
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Jared Goff is the only QB in NFL history to have 1200+ passing yards and no turnovers through 4 games of a season and yet not have a winning record.
Didier Fuentes of the @Braves retired 11 consecutive batters Sunday.
That's the longest streak by a reliever 21 or younger in a postseason game in MLB history.
No reliever 21 or younger has had a streak that long in a regular-season game since Tom Gordon on April 12, 1989 (11).
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Jackson Chourio is the second MLB player to deliver a postseason walkoff hit with his team trailing & with a pitcher who led his league in saves during the regular season on the mound (since saves became official in 1969).
The other was Kirk Gibson off Dennis Eckersley in 1988.
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The Vikings are the second NFL team in the last 90 years to win 3 straight games in a season while scoring 1 or fewer scrimmage touchdowns across the 3 games. The other team was the Steelers in 1994 Weeks 10-12.
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Deonte Banks' 98-yard interception return for a touchdown is the second-longest touchdown with 00:00 left on the clock since the NFL/AFL merger, behind Brock Marion's 100-yard return to end the game on January 6, 2002, between the Dolphins and Bills.
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Last 3 players to have 9+ receiving touchdowns through their first five career FBS games -
Jesse Legree, @BeaverFootball 2026
Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech 2007
Randy Moss, Marshall 1997
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