Phillies' rookie starting pitcher Mick Abel sets MLB record originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Philadelphia Phillies rookie righty is “the only MLB pitcher in the modern era to pitch at least 5.0 innings with no walks and no more than 1 run allowed in each of his first 2 career appearances,” according to OptaSTATS.

"There's something obvious that we're missing when the first 11 starts are lights-out and then the next two are 20 earned runs," he said.

Phillies starter Jesús Luzardo had an atrocious outing last time out. He was basically just as bad Thursday and the result is the worst back-to-back stat line in MLB history. On