Luis Garcia of the Houston Astros pitches against the Texas Rangers in a game that featured a rare immaculate second inning from Garcia and another immaculate inning by Astros reliever Phil Maton.
LOS ANGELES: Houston Astros pitchers Luis Garcia and Phil Maton made Major League Baseball history Wednesday, each throwing an immaculate inning in a 9-2 victory over the Texas Rangers.
It’s the first time two immaculate innings — when a pitcher strikes out three batters with the minimum nine pitches — have been recorded in the same game.
Not only were they the first two thrown in the same game, it marked the first time, according to MLB.com, that two immaculate innings were thrown on the same day.
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