"Later in the season, the famed Dodgers hurler strung together a record streak of 59 scoreless consecutive innings. It began August 30, 1988, when he finished off a complete game against the Montreal Expos with four shutout innings. Hershiser followed that with five straight nine-inning shutouts before finishing the season with 10 scoreless innings in a 2-1 loss to the San Diego Padres in 16 frames. Hershiser's scoreless streak broke the MLB record that had been held by Don Drysdale (58 innings)."
"The 1988 postseason saw Hershiser appear in four NLCS games (three starts), logging 24.2 innings and pitching to a 1.05 ERA against the New York Mets. Included in that was completing a save in Game 4, which came one night after a seven-inning start. Hershiser tossed nine shutout innings against the Oakland Athletics in Game 2 of the World Series, and held them to two runs in another complete game to win the World Series in five games."
Orel Hershiser won the 1988 National League Cy Young Award unanimously after going 23-8 with a 2.26 ERA and eight shutouts while leading the league in wins, shutouts and innings pitched. He became the first player to win the Cy Young and be named MVP of both the NL Championship Series and World Series in the same season. He opened 6-0, earned a 14th-inning save in relief, and compiled a record 59 consecutive scoreless innings. In the postseason he posted a 1.05 ERA in the NLCS and threw two complete games in the World Series to help the Dodgers beat the Athletics.
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