Giants' Yusmeiro Petit retires 46th straight to set MLB record

[Auggie]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants right-hander Yusmeiro Petit etched himself into Major League history by retiring his 46th consecutive batter in the third inning of Thursday's game against the Rockies.

Petit, who entered the game having retired 38 hitters in a row over a span of seven appearances, retired the first eight Rockies he faced to eclipse the record of 45 set by Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox from July 18-28, 2009.

Petit amassed five strikeouts in his final surge past Buehrle, including Colorado's Jackson Williams and Charlie Culberson to tie and break the record, respectively, in the third inning. The AT&T Park crowd rewarded Petit with a standing ovation after Culberson went down swinging.

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Petit, 29, began amassing his standard-setting total at the end of a July 22 start at Philadelphia. Then came six consecutive appearances out of the bullpen, mostly in his role as San Francisco's long reliever. Petit replaced struggling right-hander Tim Lincecum for the start against the Rockies.

LINK: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140828&content_id=91925620&notebook_id=91931694&vkey=notebook_sf&c_id=sf

[joeybee12]

1. Good for him, glad it wasn't a Skankee...

[Auggie]

2. Did I mention the record was set versus THE COLORADO ROCKIES???

Guess I just did

[joeybee12]

4. So where's El Supremo?

Busy changing his avatar????

[El Supremo]

5. Who the fuck is Jackson Williams?

Giants like playing AAA teams I guess.

[KamaAina]

3. How many consecutive batters would it be through October?

[madinmaryland]

6. "retired the first eight Rockies he faced" Wonder when the flip-flopper will weigh in on

the worst team in the National League or the American League!!