Red Sox 4, Mariners 1
May 18
John Lennon’s Revolution 9 - the tuneless dirge that drones “Number nine, number nine” - should have been blaring in the visitors’ clubhouse before last Saturday’s game at Fenway Park. The Mariners were facing Pedro Martinez, who in nine career games against them was 9-0 with an 0.91 ERA. Could they break their streak of futility? Pedro quickly made the answer clear: nein. In the first inning he struck out the side on nine pitches, a feat rarer than a no-hitter. Martinez became just the 35th pitcher in major league history to do it.By the end of the day Martinez had thrown 99 pitches (73 for strikes) and struck out nine …
from the May 27, 2002 issue of Sports Illustrated
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