Stat(s) Of The Day: 08/18/07

It’s the weekend and I’m in a giving mood. Actually, I just found all 3 of these stats pretty darn interesting, so who am I to discriminate?


Juan Pierre went 1 for 6 with 3 Ks against the Rockies on Saturday night. It’s the first time JP has struck out three times in a game in FIVE YEARS. What’s more, coming into the game, since the All Star break, he’s struck out only FIVE times.

That’s five. As in, one more than four. One less than six.

In this age of swinging for the fences, that’s pretty remarkable.

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Boy, the Diamondbacks could’ve saved themselves a lot of money this weekend. Instead of flying the whole team out to Atlanta, all they needed to do was send Micah Owings into town on Saturday.

Not only did the rookie go seven innings, giving up 3 earned, no walks and seven strike outs leading AZ to a 12-6 victory -- but he also went 4 for 5 with 2 home runs, 4 runs scored and 6 RBI.

Couple of notes on that:

- He’s the first pitcher in history with 4 hits, 4 runs and 6 RBI in one game. EVER.
- His 11 total bases is the most by a pitcher in the last 50 YEARS.
- And lastly, forget being compared to just pitchers. Nobody in MLB (regardless of position) has posted 2 HRs, 4 hits, 4 runs and 6 RBI in a game since 2005. A hitter by the name of Alex Rodriguez did it. You may have heard of him.

A native of Gainesville, GA., Owings also had about 50 friends and family in the crowd cheering him on.

Not a bad night at the ballpark.

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And finally, switching gears to the NFL.

Congrats to the Houston Texans. They beat the Cardinals 33-20 in preseason on Saturday.

The 33 points represents the most points the Texans have ever scored – preseason or regular season. EVER.

For reference, NFL teams scored over 33 points 58 times last season alone – six teams even did it in ONE week last year (Week 4).

How pathetic is that?

Way to get off the 30-point schnide Houston.