That was Dave Stieb of the Toronto Blue Jays. Incredibly, two of those games came in successive starts (September 24, 1988 against the Indians and September 30, 1988 against the Orioles). The third came August 4, 1989 against the Yankees.
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A standard game of Major League Baseball includes 9 innings (this number may be shortened due to forces of nature or other events or may increase in the case of a tie ball-game after the bottom of the ninth and subsequent innings. The number of outs played in a standard baseball game is determined by the number of innings played and whether or not the home team was winning or not (tied or losing) after the top part of the last inning played. If after the away team bats in the 9th inning the home team is ahead points wise, the home team will not bat in the bottom of the 9th and the game will be finished. In such a case the number of outs equals the product of the number of innings and six, minus 3. [Outs=(Innings x 6) - 3]. However, if a winner cannot be decided after the away teams at-bats during the top of the 9th inning, the home team will bat until either their score is greater than the away team's, or the home team receives 3 outs. If the home team cannot overcome the away team's score and loses or ties, the number of outs played equals the product of the number of innings played and six. [Outs=(Innings x 6)] If the home team can overcome the away team's score and wins the number of outs played is equal to the product of the number of innings and six, subtracted by the number determined after subtracting from three the number of outs received by the home team while batting before overcoming the away team's score. [Outs=(Innings x 6) - (3 - #outs during bottom of last inning played)].
On July 1, 1990, Andy Hawkins pitched a no-hitter and lost 4-0 to the Chicago White Sox. In 2001, commissioner Fay Vincent changed the definition of a no-hitter, to where a pitcher has to throw a complete, nine inning game. Andy lost credit for the no-hitter, being that the White Sox never came to bat in the 9th inning.
With one out in the 9th inning, pinch hitter Ryan McGuire flew out to Ricky Ledee in left field.
Yes ... on July 25, 1956 against the Cubs at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. It came with no outs in the bottom of the 9th inning and gave the Pirates a 9-8 win. To this day it is the only walkoff inside the park grand slam in MLB history.
That was the St. Louis Cardinals on June 20. The White Sox scored 11 runs in the 3rd inning and 6 runs in the 6th inning and had a 20-2 lead going into the top of the 9th inning.