Hiroki Kuroda holds the Rangers to two hits
Hiroki Kuroda threw this season’s first complete game two-hitter against the Texas Rangers, and the Yankees got consecutive homers from Nick Swisher and Mark Teixeira in a 3-0 victory.
The Rangers had been held to two-hits once before this season when the White Sox’ Jose Quintana went eight and Addison Reed closed out the win on July 5.
| Rk | Date ▾ | Tm | Rslt | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | WP | Pit | Str | HBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012-08-14 | NYY | W 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 74 | 0 |
| 2 | 2012-07-05 | CHW | W 2-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 83 | 1 |
The Rangers have been shut out just three times this season, Felix Hernandez (no surprise there) and Bartolo Colon (a little surprise there) with a save by Brian Fuentes.
| Rk | Date ▾ | Tm | Rslt | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | Pit | Str | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2012-08-14 | NYY | W 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 109 | 74 | 2 |
| 3 | 2012-07-14 | SEA | W 7-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 107 | 74 | 1 |
| 4 | 2012-06-06 | OAK | W 2-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 112 | 86 | 2 |
There have now been 50 games this season in which a team has been held to two hits or less. Last season, there were 81 two-or-fewer-hitters, the most in the last 20 years.
| Rk | Year | # | W | L | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2011 | 81 | 5 | 76 | Ind. Games | 137 | 31 | 4 | 15 | 183 | 702 |
| 2 | 2006 | 78 | 4 | 74 | Ind. Games | 133 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 196 | 518 |
| 3 | 2009 | 75 | 6 | 69 | Ind. Games | 125 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 191 | 559 |
| 4 | 2010 | 73 | 4 | 69 | Ind. Games | 113 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 161 | 583 |
| 5 | 2002 | 72 | 3 | 69 | Ind. Games | 128 | 31 | 4 | 10 | 151 | 532 |
| 6 | 2008 | 69 | 4 | 65 | Ind. Games | 120 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 172 | 515 |
| 7 | 2000 | 63 | 4 | 59 | Ind. Games | 114 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 189 | 514 |
| 8 | 2001 | 61 | 2 | 59 | Ind. Games | 101 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 134 | 524 |
| 9 | 2007 | 60 | 8 | 52 | Ind. Games | 103 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 147 | 456 |
| 10 | 1998 | 58 | 4 | 54 | Ind. Games | 105 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 119 | 463 |
| 11 | 1993 | 53 | 5 | 48 | Ind. Games | 81 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 131 | 392 |
| 12 | 2004 | 52 | 5 | 47 | Ind. Games | 92 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 121 | 381 |
| 13 | 1997 | 52 | 3 | 49 | Ind. Games | 84 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 129 | 407 |
| 14 | 1995 | 52 | 2 | 49 | Ind. Games | 90 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 126 | 355 |
| 15 | 2012 | 50 | 2 | 48 | Ind. Games | 76 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 93 | 416 |
| 16 | 2005 | 50 | 5 | 45 | Ind. Games | 90 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 88 | 352 |
| 17 | 1996 | 46 | 5 | 40 | Ind. Games | 79 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 134 | 325 |
| 18 | 1994 | 46 | 4 | 42 | Ind. Games | 78 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 135 | 340 |
| 19 | 1999 | 41 | 4 | 37 | Ind. Games | 66 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 115 | 333 |
| 20 | 2003 | 40 | 2 | 38 | Ind. Games | 67 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 103 | 300 |
