The 7th inning stretch

Jered Weaver allowed just two hits in seven innings as the Angels salvaged a win in their four-game set with the Oakland Athletics, 6-0. It's not that the A's weren't trying, but Weaver was back in form after missing a start because of biceps tendinitis.

The A's swung and missed on 37% of Weaver's 94 pitches and fouled off 34.8% of them putting only 28.3% of the pitches in play.

What I found most interesting in this game, beyond the fact that the A’s were shut out again was that in their first 142 games, the A’s had given up just 36 runs in the 7^th inning (.25 a game), and here in game 143 they gave up six.

Here are the runs allowed in the 7th inning by AL teams:

Rk		G	R ▴	HR	BA
1	OAK	143	42	13	.193
2	CHW	142	52	17	.245
3	SEA	144	52	16	.243
4	TBR	143	55	15	.200
5	NYY	143	58	18	.245
6	DET	141	59	16	.242
7	BAL	143	62	12	.258
8	LAA	144	63	15	.254
9	KCR	143	69	13	.278
10	MIN	144	70	17	.266
11	CLE	144	71	16	.260
12	TEX	143	73	21	.256
13	TOR	141	74	18	.273
14	BOS	143	83	18	.274
	TOT	2001	883	225	.250

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 9/14/2012.

Here are the runs scored by AL teams in the 7th inning:

Rk		G	R	BA
1	NYY	142	95	.297
2	TEX	143	83	.263
3	BOS	143	74	.287
4	OAK	143	72	.241
5	KCR	143	58	.279
6	BAL	143	69	.250
7	MIN	144	67	.268
8	DET	141	62	.259
9	LAA	144	61	.250
10	CHW	142	60	.239
11	CLE	144	61	.257
12	TOR	142	54	.227
13	SEA	144	46	.208
14	TBR	143	43	.198
	TOT	2001	905	.252

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 9/14/2012.