Stats of the Week: Strikeouts, streaks and 2026's 1st cycle

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (June 12-18).

Nobody beats the Miz: Jacob Misiorowski had his best start yet on Friday. He threw a 15-strikeout shutout on just 95 pitches. That’s the most strikeouts in a Maddux (shutout on fewer than 100 pitches) since pitch counts have been tracked (1988). He broke the previous record by two -- Tarik Skubal had a 13-strikeout Maddux on May 25, 2025. Misiorowski became the third pitcher with at least 15 strikeouts and no more than one baserunner in a shutout since at least 1900. He joined Max Scherzer in his Oct. 3, 2015 no-hitter and Clayton Kershaw in his June 18, 2014 no-hitter. This may have been his best yet, but dominating is nothing new for Misiorowski. He now has a 0.17 ERA in his last eight starts. That’s the lowest ERA in an eight-start span since earned runs became official (1913), excluding openers. Truly, factually, one of the greatest stretches. Ever.

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What a streak: Yoshinobu Yamamoto took a perfect game bid into the eighth inning on Saturday and a no-hit bid into the ninth. In total, Yamamoto retired 45 consecutive batters dating to his previous start. That tied 2009 Mark Buehrle for the second-longest consecutive batters retired streak in MLB history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Only 2014 Yusmeiro Petit had a longer streak, at 46 consecutive batters.

Logan’s Web(b): Logan Webb continues to dominate since returning from injury. With eight innings on Sunday, he became the first Giants pitcher to go at least eight innings in back-to-back starts since Madison Bumgarner in June 2016. Looking ahead, the last Giants pitcher to do so in three straight was Bumgarner in 2015. It was Webb’s ninth career start of at least eight innings with no walks, tying Matt Cain for the second-most by a Giants pitcher in the last 35 years, behind only Bumgarner’s 14.

PCA: Pete Crow-Armstrong hit for the cycle on Monday, and he did it in a unique order. It was a reverse cycle: homer, then triple, then double, then single. It was the fifth cycle in that order in at least the expansion era (1961), per Elias. Crow-Armstrong joined Rajai Davis (July 2, 2016), Carlos Gomez (May 7, 2008), Luke Scott (July 28, 2006) and Jim Fregosi (May 20, 1968).

For three! Colt Keith recorded the first three-homer game of his career on Monday. At 24 years and 305 days, Keith became the second-youngest player in Tigers history with a three-homer game, older than only Al Kaline on April 17, 1955, at age 20 years and 119 days.

Schwarbs: Kyle Schwarber hit his MLB-leading 25th home run of the season on Tuesday. That’s also his 212th since joining the Phillies. He has the fourth-most home runs by a player in his first five seasons with a team, behind only Babe Ruth (NYY: 235), Mark McGwire (STL: 220) and Ralph Kiner (PIT: 215). And there’s plenty of season left.

Just keep reaching: Bryce Eldridge has reached base safely in 22 straight games entering Friday. That’s tied with 1930 Mel Ott and 1924 Travis Jackson for the Giants’ seventh-longest on-base streak at age 21 or younger since 1900. He trails only 1929-30 Ott (40 games), 1928-29 Ott (30), 1918 Ross Youngs (30), 1929 Ott (28), 1959 Willie McCovey (25) and 1910 Fred Merkle (23).

Fast start: Colson Montgomery hit two homers on Wednesday to get him to 40 for his career. He reached 40 career home runs in 140 games, the fewest games to the mark in White Sox history. Montgomery hit his first homer on July 22, 2025. Since that day began, he’s second in MLB in home runs, behind only Schwarber (49).

JULIOOOO: Julio Rodríguez hit his 125th career double on Wednesday in his 665th game. That’s the third-fewest career games to at least 125 doubles, 125 homers and 125 stolen bases. Only Ronald Acuña Jr. (591 games) and Alfonso Soriano (643) got there in fewer games.

Current Ironman: Matt Olson has played 855 consecutive games entering Friday, dating to May 2, 2021. His streak is the ninth-longest in MLB history. The only other streaks of at least 700 consecutive games to begin in the divisional era (1969) are, of course, 1982-98 Cal Ripken Jr. (2,632 games), as well as 1975-83 Steve Garvey (1,207), 2000-07 Miguel Tejada (1,152), 1978-83 Pete Rose (745) and 1981-86 Dale Murphy (740).