Blackjack: 21 straight outs, both teams combined

Three consecutive triples? Five consecutive infield singles?

It has been an interesting few days for consecutive events in baseball. That got me looking for some other consecutive events in Retrosheet?s play-by-play data and one really stands out, at least to me.

On July 11, 1953, the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns had 21 consecutive OUTS in a game. Even more interesting, they had 34 plays that went:

Single, hit by pitch, two outs, a strikeout, six outs, a walk, 21 outs, then a double. Or, 32 non-base hits between hits. The Browns were up 5-0 before and made the score 7-0 right after the extend hitlessness. Wonder why you never here about this game when talking about great pitching duels? Oh wait. A lack of strikeouts.

From Baseball Reference:

INN	OUTS	ROB	R/O	@BAT	Batter	Pitcher	Play Description
t2	2	---	N/A	SLB	D. Kokos	S. Gromek	Single to CF
t2	2	1--	N/A	SLB	V. Wertz	S. Gromek	Hit By Pitch; Kokos to 2B
t2	2	-12	O	SLB	C. Courtney	S. Gromek	Groundout: P-1B
b2	0	---	O	DET	B. Souchock	B. Cain	Flyball: SS
b2	1	---	O	DET	J. Delsing	B. Cain	Strikeout
b2	2	---	O	DET	M. Batts	B. Cain	Flyball: 2B
t3	0	---	O	SLB	D. Kryhoski	S. Gromek	Foul Flyball: C
t3	1	---	O	SLB	J. Dyck	S. Gromek	Foul Flyball: C
t3	2	---	O	SLB	B. Hunter	S. Gromek	Flyball: SS
b3	0	---	O	DET	D. Lund	B. Cain	Groundout: 1B unassisted
b3	1	---	O	DET	S. Gromek	B. Cain	Groundout: 3B-1B
b3	2	---	N/A	DET	H. Kuenn	B. Cain	Walk
b3	2	1--	O	DET	J. Priddy	B. Cain	Flyball: RF
t4	0	---	O	SLB	B. Cain	S. Gromek	Flyball: 3B
t4	1	---	O	SLB	J. Groth	S. Gromek	Flyball: RF
t4	2	---	O	SLB	B. Young	S. Gromek	Flyball: RF
b4	0	---	O	DET	R. Boone	B. Cain	Foul Flyball: 1B
b4	1	---	O	DET	W. Dropo	B. Cain	Flyball: CF
b4	2	---	O	DET	B. Souchock	B. Cain	Flyball: LF
t5	0	---	O	SLB	D. Kokos	S. Gromek	Flyball: 1B
t5	1	---	O	SLB	V. Wertz	S. Gromek	Flyball: CF
t5	2	---	O	SLB	C. Courtney	S. Gromek	Groundout: SS-1B
b5	0	---	O	DET	J. Delsing	B. Cain	Flyball: RF
b5	1	---	O	DET	M. Batts	B. Cain	Groundout: SS-1B
b5	2	---	O	DET	D. Lund	B. Cain	Flyball: CF
t6	0	---	O	SLB	D. Kryhoski	S. Gromek	Groundout: 2B-1B
t6	1	---	O	SLB	J. Dyck	S. Gromek	Groundout: 3B-1B
t6	2	---	O	SLB	B. Hunter	S. Gromek	Flyball: RF
b6	0	---	O	DET	B. Nieman	B. Cain	Flyball: RF
b6	1	---	O	DET	H. Kuenn	B. Cain	Flyball: CF
b6	2	---	O	DET	J. Priddy	B. Cain	Groundout: 3B-1B
t7	0	---	O	SLB	B. Cain	B. Miller	Groundout: SS-1B
t7	1	---	O	SLB	J. Groth	B. Miller	Groundout: P-1B
t7	2	---	N/A	SLB	B. Young	B. Miller	Double to LF

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