Tim Wakefield and Mike Timlin had no idea they were making history Tuesday night.
For the first time in baseball’s modern era, the Boston Red Sox had two pitchers over 40 combine on a shutout. Wakefield gave up just two hits in eight innings and Timlin got the final three outs of a 5-0 victory over the Tigers.
That was the only time that’s happened since 1900, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
“It’s pretty cool,” Wakefield said Wednesday.
Posted: May 7th, 2008.
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