most innings pitched in one game with less than 2 runs allowed

5 pitchers are tied for pitching the most innings in a game with fewer than 2 runs allowed this season, with 9 innings. The first three are Stephen Kolek on May 23, Cristopher Sánchez on May 16 and Merrill Kelly on May 15.

Interpreted as:
most innings pitched by a player in one regular-season game with less than 2 runs allowed this season
NAMEIPRDATETMOPPDECGSERASOCGSHOSVHERHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Stephen Kolek
S. Kolek
9.0
0
5/23/2026
vs
W
1
0.00
2
1
1
0
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
29
1
2Cristopher Sánchez
C. Sánchez
9.0
0
5/16/2026
@
W
1
0.00
13
1
1
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
0
3Merrill Kelly
M. Kelly
9.0
1
5/15/2026
@
W
1
1.00
3
1
0
0
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
31
0
4Bailey Ober
B. Ober
9.0
0
5/12/2026
vs
W
1
0.00
7
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
5Sandy Alcantara
S. Alcantara
9.0
0
4/1/2026
vs
W
1
0.00
7
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
31
0
6Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
8.1
1
5/10/2026
vs
W
1
1.08
4
0
0
0
4
1
0
3
0
0
0
31
0
7Tanner Bibee
T. Bibee
8.0
0
6/6/2026
@
W
1
0.00
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
27
0
8Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
8.0
1
6/6/2026
vs
W
1
1.13
4
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
26
0
9Reid Detmers
R. Detmers
8.0
1
5/24/2026
vs
1
1.13
14
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
25
0
10Ryne Nelson
R. Nelson
8.0
1
5/24/2026
vs
W
1
1.13
3
0
0
0
6
1
0
3
0
0
0
31
2
11Cristopher Sánchez
C. Sánchez
8.0
0
5/22/2026
vs
1
0.00
6
0
0
0
4
0
0
2
0
0
0
28
0
12Gavin Williams
G. Williams
8.0
0
5/22/2026
@
W
1
0.00
11
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
13Tanner Bibee
T. Bibee
8.0
1
5/20/2026
@
1
1.13
5
0
0
0
4
1
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
14Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
8.0
0
5/12/2026
vs
W
1
0.00
10
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
26
0
15MacKenzie Gore
M. Gore
8.0
1
5/12/2026
vs
W
1
1.13
5
0
0
0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
28
0
16J.T. Ginn
J.T. Ginn
8.0
1
5/7/2026
@
W
1
1.13
8
0
0
0
4
1
1
1
0
0
0
27
0
17Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
8.0
1
5/6/2026
@
W
1
1.13
8
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
27
0
18Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
8.0
0
5/6/2026
@
W
1
0.00
7
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
0
19Cristopher Sánchez
C. Sánchez
8.0
0
5/5/2026
vs
W
1
0.00
10
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
29
0
20Ranger Suarez
R. Suarez
8.0
0
4/27/2026
@
W
1
0.00
10
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
25
0
21Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
8.0
0
4/23/2026
@
W
1
0.00
9
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
25
0
22Max Fried
M. Fried
8.0
0
4/22/2026
@
W
1
0.00
9
0
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
23Nick Martinez
N. Martinez
8.0
1
4/22/2026
vs
W
1
1.13
6
0
0
0
5
1
0
1
0
0
0
30
0
24Ranger Suarez
R. Suarez
8.0
0
4/17/2026
vs
1
0.00
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
26
0
25Justin Wrobleski
J. Wrobleski
8.0
0
4/13/2026
vs
W
1
0.00
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
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