Breakin’ up is hard to do – except against the Mets

After Mike Pelfrey threw six innings of no-hit ball against the Washington Nationals on Thursday, Mets Walk-Offs asked David at Retrosheet to see how many times a Mets starter made it that deep in a game with a zero still in the opponent’s H column.

He found that Mets pitchers have made it through four or more no-hit innings 256 times during their 46-plus years of existence.

Here’s the breakdown:

• 152 potential Mets no hitters were broken up in the fifth
• 64 potential Mets no hitters were broken up in the sixth
• 22 potential Mets no hitters were broken up in the seventh
• 15 potential Mets no hitters were broken up in the eighth
• 3 potential Mets no hitters were broken up in the ninth

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