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Cliff Lee: Phillies' Shutout Machine
Cliff Lee is halfway to Phils record for consecutive shutouts.
Cliff Lee has now tossed consecutive shutouts (June 16 & 22). According to
baseball-reference.com, the last major league pitcher to do that was ...
Roy Halladay (Sept. 25 & 30, 2009) in his last two starts for the Blue Jays.
Before Halladay, the last pitcher to toss two donuts in a row was ...
wait for it ... Roy Oswalt (Sept. 6 & 11, 2008), as an Astro.
Lee is also halfway to the Phillies' team record of four consecutive shutouts,
and one from becoming just the third Phillies pitcher to toss three in a row.
THREE OR MORE CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS BY PHILLIES
ALEXANDER'S FOUR CONSECUTIVE SHUTOUTS (1911)
(Source: retrosheet.org)