Aloha Ka Punahou 2004.11
Little breaks own single-game walk record
Starke ties it two days later
Crawdads beneficiaries in two interleague games
May 11, 2004
Honolulu
Remington Little set a new single-game MBBA record for walks when he handed out 11 free
passes to Crawdads batters in his first start of the season May 2. Newly-signed Coleman Starke tied
the record two days later in a game that New Orleans led 18-3 before winning 18-9.
Remington Little
Little, when he gets the chance to pitch, displays his little control: he led the league in walks in
1996, 1997, and 1998, and again in 2000—when he led the league in innings pitched (264.3)
and tied the then-record of 10 single game walks. Since 2001 then he's been relegated to the
"where he can he do the little-est damage while we eat his contract" status.
But this season he's back in the rotation after the annual injury to Wallace and the departures
of Walton and Walters. Little lost against New Orleans 6-5, despite allowing only three hits. He
was yanked with one out in the seventh after walking C Conner Keely. Manager Chavez
wouldn't comment when asked if that was because of Little's wildness or because the starter
had reached his pitch count.
Little walked 1 in the first, 1 in the second, 2 in the third, 4 in the 4th, 1 in the 5th, 1 in the
sixth, and 1 in the seventh. He did not walk in a batter, and he threw 66 of 126 pitches for
balls. He won his next start 3-1 versus Atlantic City despite walking 6 in 6.6 innings.
Coleman Starke
Two days after Little set the record, the wildly popular Coleman Starke walked 11 of the 24
batters he faced in 3 official innings. Starke walked 4 in the first (walking in a batter);
duplicated that in the second; walked 2 in the third; and walked 1 in the fourth before giving
way to Carlos Talavera, who gave up three straight run-scoring hits after Chavez ordered an
intentional walk.
Whether intentional or not, the Tropics lead the MBBA with 191 walks. Long Beach is second
with 174. In second in the JL is Chicago, whose pitchers have allowed 51 walks less than
Hawaii.
Starke also won his next time out, also against Atlantic City, 3-2, despite allowing 5 hits and 5
walks in 7.3 innings.
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