From Booed to Brilliant: Andrew Kittredge’s Stunning Immaculate Inning Shocks Cubs and Fans Alike
Andrew Kittredge’s first two appearances with the Chicago Cubs were perfect. His third appearance was a disaster.
His fourth appearance? The sixth immaculate inning in franchise history.
The veteran reliever accomplished the feat of three strikeouts on nine pitches on Wednesday in the seventh inning of a game against the Cincinnati Reds. His victims: Austin Hays, Gavin Lux and Tyler Stephenson, all of whom went down swinging.
Immaculate innings are one of the lesser-known single-game accomplishments in baseball, but the fact that there have only been 120 in MLB history puts them closer to perfect games (24) than no-hitters (326) on the rarity scale. They are becoming more frequent, though, with 13 in the past four seasons.
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