Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (May 15-21).
Extra innings, extra runs: The Mets scored 10 runs in the top of the 12th inning on Monday. That was tied for the fourth-most runs in an extra inning in MLB history, trailing a 12-run 15th by the 1983 Rangers, an 11-run 10th by the 1969 Twins and an 11-run 12th by the 1928 Yankees, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. It was the seventh double-digit extra-inning frame and first since the aforementioned Rangers.
It’s not over til it’s over: After the Angels had no hits through eight innings, Zach Neto hit a walk-off homer on Monday for the team’s second hit. It was the third time a player hit a walk-off home run in a game in which his team had no hits through at least eight innings in the Expansion Era (1961), along with Josh Harrison in 2017 vs. the Dodgers and Don Lock in 1963 against the White Sox, per Elias.
He is speed: James Wood had an inside-the-park grand slam on Tuesday. There have now been three inside-the-park grand slams in the last 10 years, two of those by Nationals in D.C. — along with Michael A. Taylor in 2017. The other during that span was Raimel Tapia in 2022.
Nobody beats the Miz: Jacob Misiorowski pitched on Tuesday and yet again didn’t allow a run or an extra-base hit. Over his last four outings, Misiorowski has 37 strikeouts, zero runs allowed and zero extra-base hits allowed. He is the second pitcher with at least 30 strikeouts with no extra-base hits and no runs allowed in a four-outing span since at least 1900, joining Ed Walsh in 1910. Walsh made four appearances in eight days, including two nine-inning shutouts and one 16-inning shutout in a game that ended in a tie due to darkness.
Rookie power: Sal Stewart hit his 12th home run of the season on Wednesday. That’s the second-most home runs by a Reds rookie in the team’s first 50 games of a season, behind only Frank Robinson, with 13 in 1956. The only other Reds rookie with double-digit home runs at that point in a season was Joey Votto, with 10 in 2008.
Power and speed: Dominic Smith had two very different trips around the bases on Wednesday. First, he homered in a 12-pitch at-bat. Then, he hit a Little League homer, racing home on a triple. Smith became the sixth Braves player in the divisional era (1969) with an over-the-wall home run and either an inside-the-park or Little League homer (non-HR PA he scored on) in the same game, per Elias. He joined July 27, 1993 Fred McGriff (ITP); July 18, 1986 Andres Thomas; May 1, 1979 Gary Matthews Sr. (ITP); June 26, 1977 Jeff Burroughs and June 18, 1974 Ivan Murrell.
Shotime: Shohei Ohtani made his eighth pitching start of the season on Wednesday and lowered his ERA to 0.73. Before he even threw a pitch, though, he hit the second leadoff homer by a pitcher in MLB history, joining himself in 2025 NLCS Game 4. He went on to throw five scoreless innings. It was the seventh time in his career Ohtani had a scoreless start and hit a home run in the same game, including the postseason. That broke a tie at six with Bob Gibson for the most such games since at least 1900.
Tre(y) bien: Trey Yesavage faced the Yankees for the second time in his career on Wednesday night, following up his electric start against them in the 2025 postseason. Through these two appearances, he’s up to 19 strikeouts and he’s still yet to allow a run. Yesavage is the third pitcher with at least 15 strikeouts and no runs allowed in his first two career games against the Yankees, including the postseason. He joined Ray Culp (21 strikeouts) and Cristian Javier (18).
Churn it up: Nick Kurtz extended his on-base streak to 44 games on Thursday. That broke a tie with 1917 Ping Bodie for the third-longest single-season on-base streak in A’s franchise history. He trails only 1996 Mark McGwire (48 games) and 1932 Jimmie Foxx (47). It’s the longest by a MLB player age 23 or younger since Albert Pujols had a 48-gamer in 2001.
Current Ironman: Matt Olson has played 833 consecutive games entering Friday, dating to May 2, 2021. His streak is the 9th-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).