Aaron Myette, ejected yesterday for two pitches thrown behind Melvin Mora, starts today’s game, allowing six of the 11 walks in an 8 – 3 loss to Baltimore. According to the New York Times, it is the first back-to-back starts by a pitcher since Steve McCatty in 1980 (though five pitchers – Dennis Martinez (Baltimore), Bert Blyleven (Cleveland), Pete Vuckovich (Milwaukee), Rick Langford (Oakland), and Juan Eichelberger (San Diego) – made the last start before the 1981 strike and the first start after.

On September 4, 2002 — Aaron Myette, ejected yesterday for two pitches thrown behind Melvin Mora, starts today’s game, allowing six of the 11 walks in an 8 – 3 loss to Baltimore. According to the New York Times, it is the first back-to-back starts by a pitcher since Steve McCatty in 1980 (though five pitchers – Dennis Martinez (Baltimore), Bert Blyleven (Cleveland), Pete Vuckovich (Milwaukee), Rick Langford (Oakland), and Juan Eichelberger (San Diego) – made the last start before the 1981 strike and the first start after.

 

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