Pitchers who have hit batters with the bases loaded twice in a single game over the last ten seasons:
Oliver Perez, Mets last night
Sidney Ponson, Cardinals 2006
Chad Qualls, Astros 2005
Javier Lopez, Rockies 2004
Kevin Millwood, Braves 2002
Giovanni Carrara, Dodgers 2002
Steve Sparks, Angels 1999
Steve Gajkowski, Mariners 1998
Randy Jones, pitching for the Mets, had two hit batsmen with the bases loaded in two separate innings on April 28, 1982. Jones hit the same guy both times, plunking Terry Kennedy of the Padres in both the first and third innings. And both were unearned runs coming after infield errors! This was the only other time in Mets history, before last night, that a pitcher, or indeed the team as a whole, gave up more than one HBP with the bases loaded in the same game. Which makes Ollie Perez's exquisitely ill-timed feat of two bases loaded HBPs in the same inning unprecedented in Mets history.
Perez also tied Al Leiter's record of three HBPs with the bases full in his Mets career (Besides his two last night, Ollie did it on April 11 this season as well). Over all, Mets pitchers have hit batsmen with the bases loaded 52 times in the 46 season history of the franchise.
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