The Mariners’ pitchers had a historic series – these are the numbers

It was a historic weekend for the Seattle Mariners’ pitching staff.

The Mariners recorded three consecutive shutouts for the first time in franchise history, blanking the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on Friday night, 1-0 on Saturday night and 1-0 on Sunday afternoon for a three-game sweep.

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Seattle’s pitching staff has now tossed 29 consecutive scoreless innings and hasn’t allowed a run since the seventh inning of last Thursday night’s game against the Kansas City Royals.

Here are a few more facts and figures:

• Mariners pitchers combined for 36 strikeouts over the three-game series against Pittsburgh, while allowing just 12 hits and four walks. In doing so, they became the first pitching staff in MLB history with no runs allowed, at least 36 strikeouts and four or fewer walks over a three-game span.

• This was the 33rd time since 2000 that an MLB team has posted three consecutive shutouts, according to Stathead. Since 2000, the only team to record four straight shutouts was the 2012 San Francisco Giants. The 1903 Pittsburgh Pirates hold the MLB record with six consecutive shutouts.

• Mariners starters Bryan Woo, Luis Castillo and George Kirby each threw six-plus scoreless frames against the Pirates, combining for 19 1/3 shutout innings with 25 strikeouts and just two walks. The bullpen chipped in 7 2/3 scoreless innings over the three-game series, with 11 punchouts and two walks.

• Kirby and Woo have both been dominant as of late. Kirby has a 0.98 ERA over his past three starts, having allowed just two runs and 10 hits in 18 1/3 innings, while totaling 17 strikeouts and only one walk. Woo has a 0.72 ERA over his past four starts, having surrendered just two earned runs and 15 hits in 25 innings, with 32 strikeouts and seven walks. Castillo also is trending in the right direction, having yielded only one run in 13 innings over his past two starts.

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