...then finished off a four-hitter that led the Los Angeles Dodgers past the San Francisco Giants.Kershaw became the first pitcher to throw a shutout and hit a home run in an opener since Bob Lemon for Cleveland in 1953, STATS said.Kershaw struck...

...season."The right-hander will try to follow up one of the most dominant seasons ever by a closer, becoming the first pitcher in baseball history to strike out more than half the batters he faced (116 out of 231).Kimbrel also is getting...

...1920 World Series in which he not only won a game for the champion Cleveland Indians but also hit a home run, the first pitcher to do so in the major league postseason.This month, Augusta's baseball hits continue.In the first game of the...

...we can go back home and keep it up."The Heyward at-bat cost Lynn (6-1) a chance to become the franchise's first pitcher to win his first seven starts of the season dating to 1920, according to STATS LLC."You don't want to pitch to...

...at Cincinnati. The left-hander has won his last seven starts, five of those scoreless appearances.He's the first pitcher to record six shutouts in a season since Randy Johnson in 1998."I guess that's pretty good," Lee said with a shoulder...

...run of the season.A week later, Sanford put the GreenJackets into a tie for first place late when he became the first pitcher in the history of the South Atlantic League to take a perfect game into the ninth inning in a 1-0 win in Greenville...

...run of the season. A week later, Sanford put the GreenJackets into a tie for first place late when he became the first pitcher in the history of the South Atlantic League to take a perfect game into the ninth inning in a 1-0 win in Greenville...

...consecutive starts, Verlander, 28, took the mound for the final time in the regular season, trying to become the first pitcher since 1990 to reach 25 wins.After allowing five runs to Baltimore in an uncharacteristically shaky first three innings...

...Bob Welch went 27-6 in 1990. Verlander pitched his second career no-hitter at Toronto on May 7.He became the first pitcher voted MVP since Oakland's Dennis Eckersley in 1992 and the first starting pitcher since Boston's Roger Clemens...

...innings but made a mistake with a fastball to Hudson, whose homer landed in the seats in left field.Hudson became the first pitcher to homer against Toronto since Felipe Lira hit one out against David Wells on July 8, 2000, at Montreal.Romero...