LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A pair of former Trinity High School baseball players were on the opposite sides of a National League record-tying moment Saturday night in Phoenix.
Former Shamrocks outfielder Daylen Lile was one of nine Washington Nationals players to score before an out was recorded in the first inning at Chase Field. Lile doubled and scored the Nats’ ninth run before Arizona recorded the game’s first out.
On the other side of the record was former Trinity and Bellarmine University pitcher Brandon Pfaadt. He started for Arizona and departed after failing to retire any of the first eight hitters, while allowing six hits (four doubles, two singles) and hitting two Washington batters.
Pfaadt was removed before he could face fellow Shamrock Lile, who hit ninth in the Nats’ batting order.
Lile greeted reliever Scott McGough with a 423-foot double that soared over the head of Arizona center fielder Alek Thomas.
He scored the ninth run on a single by teammate James Wood. Lile also tripled in the sixth inning. Lile said his teammates gave him a hard time about just missing his first big-league home run.
"[My teammates] told me to hit the gym more,” Lile told Jessica Camerato of MLB.com. “I could definitely use a couple more pushups. But no, they were just happy for me to get that hit and pass it down the line.”
Eleven Washington hitters batted before Arizona recorded an out. The nine runs without an out tied the National League record set by the Phillies on August. 13, 1948.
The major league record for most runs scored before an out was recorded is 10, set by the Boston Red Sox on June 27, 2003.
Lile, who made his big-league debut May 23, finished with two hits and a walk in four plate appearances during the Nats’ 11-7 victory. Only 22, Lile is hitting .208 in the major leagues. He was the Nats’ second-round pick out of Trinity in 2021.
Until Saturday night, Pfaadt, 26, performed like Arizona’s best pitcher. His seven wins are tied with Robbie Ray of San Francisco for the National League lead. Pfaadt’s ERA average jumped from 3.50 to 5.05 after he was unable to retire a single hitter for the first time in 67 big-league regular-season or post-season starts.
“What happened today was unacceptable,” Pfaadt told Alex Weiner of ArizonaSports.com.
“We knew they were gonna be aggressive coming out and we game-planned for that. We just didn’t execute pitches. It’s tough, but kind of have to flush it and move on and do everything in my power to not let that happen again.”
Pfaadt is scheduled to make his next start either Friday or Saturday against the Reds at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.
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