Miz's record-setting heat, Astros' combined no-no and more in Stats of the Week

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (May 22-28)

Nobody beats the Miz: Jacob Misiorowski pitched on Monday and yet again didn’t allow an extra-base hit. Over his last six starts, Misiorowski has 58 strikeouts and no extra-base hits allowed. He’s the first pitcher since at least 1900 with at least 45 strikeouts and no extra-base hits allowed in a six-game span. Misiorowski threw 57 pitches at 100-plus mph, with 40 of those at 101-plus, both of which set single-game records under pitch tracking (2008).

No-hitter!: The Astros threw the Majors’ first no-hitter since September 2024 on Monday. The final two innings belonged to Alimber Santa, who was making his debut. Santa is the second player in MLB history to pitch in a no-hitter in his MLB debut, joining Bumpus Jones of the Cincinnati Reds on Oct. 15, 1892, who threw one all himself, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Houston now has 18 no-hitters, including the postseason. That’s the most no-hitters thrown by any club since the Astros’ first season in 1962. The next most by any club in that span is 13, by the Dodgers.

• All-time no-hitters in MLB history

Churn it up: Nick Kurtz’s on-base streak finally ended on Tuesday at 48 games. And what a streak it was. It’s tied with 1996 Mark McGwire for the longest single-season on-base streak in A’s franchise history. It’s also tied with 2001 Albert Pujols for the fifth-longest by a player at age 23 or younger in a season since 1900.

Zeros: Cristopher Sánchez extended his scoreless-innings streak to 44 2/3 innings on Wednesday. That’s the longest by a Phillies pitcher since the mound was moved to its current distance in 1893, according to Elias. He passed 1911 Grover Alexander, at 41 innings. Sánchez’s streak is the seventh-longest in a single season in the Live Ball Era (1920). The streak also means he had a scoreless month of May. Sánchez is the second pitcher since at least 1900 to make at least five starts in a calendar month and not allow a single run (excluding openers), joining Sept. 1988 Orel Hershiser.

Cole train: Gerrit Cole made his second start since returning from Tommy John surgery on Wednesday, and turned in a classic outing with 10 strikeouts and no walks. It was his 28th game with at least 10 strikeouts since joining the Yankees, five more than anyone else in franchise history (Ron Guidry). It was his 23rd career game with at least 10 strikeouts and no walks. The only pitchers with more are Randy Johnson (36), Max Scherzer (31), Curt Schilling (27) and Clayton Kershaw (27).

He has power: Munetaka Murakami hit his 20th home run on Wednesday in his 55th career game. That’s tied with 2015-16 Gary Sánchez for the third-most home runs in a player’s first 55 career MLB games, behind only 2017 Cody Bellinger (22) and 1930 Wally Berger (21). It’s also tied for the second-most home runs in the team’s first 55 games in White Sox history with 2006 Jim Thome, behind 1994 Frank Thomas (21).

Setting them down: David Sandlin had quite the debut on Wednesday, allowing a leadoff home run before retiring the rest of the 18 batters he faced in order. Sandlin’s 18 straight retired batters are the most by a White Sox pitcher who was making his debut over at least the last 100 years, per Elias. That’s tied with July 7, 1993 Kirk Reuter for the fifth-most consecutive batters retired at any point in a pitcher’s MLB debut in the Expansion Era (1961). Sandlin trails only Nick Kingham on April 29, 2018 (20 to start game), Dan Smith on June 8, 1999 (20), Glendon Rusch on April 6, 1997 (19) and Jimmy Jones on Sept. 21, 1986 (19).

Air Yordan: Yordan Alvarez hit two homers on Wednesday to reach 20 for the season. Alvarez got there in the Astros’ 57th game. That’s the fewest team games to 20 home runs in a season in Astros history. It was his second consecutive multihomer game. Alvarez is the fifth Astros player with multiple home runs in consecutive games, joining 2023 Jose Altuve, 2000 Richard Hidalgo, 2000 Moises Alou and 1973 Doug Rader.

Shotime: Shohei Ohtani made his ninth pitching start of the season on Wednesday and his ERA now sits at 0.82. He hit the third leadoff homer by a pitcher in MLB history, joining himself in 2025 NLCS Game 4 and in his last start. He went on to throw six hitless innings. It was the sixth time a pitcher hit a home run and allowed no hits through the first six innings of a game in the last 50 years. He joined Jake Arrieta on Sept. 27, 2015, Matt Cain on April 12, 2008, Carlos Zambrano on June 5, 2006, Mark Clark on June 14, 1997 and Tom Seaver on July 14, 1977.

Current Ironman: Matt Olson has played 839 consecutive games entering Friday, dating back 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).