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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 30m

Isaac Brown recorded 2 rush TDs of 68+ yards against FSU. Brown is one of five active FBS players to record two rush TDs of 68+ yards in a single game and the only one to do so this season. It is Brown's third such rushing TD of the year, the mo… 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210876976796…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 9h

FBS, Most Matchups w/ Both Teams Ranked in AP Top 10 - Since 2000 Alabama vs. Georgia 11 (16 overall matchups) Alabama vs. LSU 9 (27 overall matchups) Ohio State vs. Michigan 8 (25 overall matchups) 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210863667493…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 9h

Tomorrow's showdown between @GeorgiaFootball and @AlabamaFTBL will be their 11th meeting since 2000 where both teams ranked inside the AP Top 10 - the most of any head-to-head series this century. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210863612391…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 22h

Over the last 2 games, White Sox hitters have struck out 31 times and White Sox pitchers have issued 17 walks. No other MLB team in the modern era has had that many strikeouts at the plate and that many walks on the mound over a 2-game span (re… 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210843204010…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 23h

Since QB starts were first tracked in 1950, only one QB has done the following in each of his first 2 NFL starts: completed 70% of his passes thrown a TD pass rushed for 20+ yards That one QB is Jalon Daniels. He was undrafted. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210841634153…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Dak Prescott is 13-7 all-time on Thursdays, one win shy of Tom Brady for the most by any QB in NFL history. The Cowboys' 45 wins are one shy of tying the Lions for the most ever, while the Bucs' five wins on Thursday are tied for the fewest of … 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210829589530…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Garrett Mitchell is the only MLB player in the wild card era (since 1995) to rob a potential game-tying or go-ahead HR in the 8th inning or later of a postseason game. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210808821183…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Longest hitless droughts to end a postseason, MLB history: 0-for-25 - 1990 A's (AL) 0-for-23 - 1997 Mariners (AL) 0-for-22 - 2015 Astros (AL) 0-for-21 - 1999 Indians (AL) 0-for-21 - 2026 Padres (NL) 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210807914748…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Padres went 0-for-21 at the plate to end the season. That's the longest hitless drought by a National League team to end a postseason all-time. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210807730769…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Bryan Baker of @RaysBaseball is the only MLB pitcher to save every game of a 3+ game sweep in the postseason while not allowing a single hit (since saves became official in 1969). 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210804246794…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Braves went 1-for-23 (.043) with runners in scoring position in the series against the Dodgers. That's the second-lowest batting average with RISP in a postseason series in MLB history (min. 20 AB with RISP), behind only the Dodgers in the … 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210800347647…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The White Sox are the fourth team in MLB history to begin a postseason with four straight wins and six or fewer hits allowed in each game - 1966 Orioles, 1996, Braves, 1998 Yankees - all eventual World Series winners. No team has ever started a … 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210788848650…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is the first time in MLB history 2 Japanese-born pitchers earned wins in the postseason on the same day (Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Yuki Matsui). 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210770037050…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Michael King of the @Padres is the only MLB pitcher to start a postseason game and then notch a 6+ out save within the next 2 days (since saves became official in 1969). 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210769970706…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the only pitcher in MLB history to earn the win in 5 straight postseason appearances while not allowing more than 1 run or 1 walk in any of them. All 5 have come on the road. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210764484340…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Since pitches were first tracked in 1988, Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the only MLB pitcher to have a postseason start on the road with: 7.0+ innings pitched 10+ strikeouts no more than 1 walk under 100 pitches 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210763858291…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hernández is currently at 11.3% (17/151). The next-highest mark (min. 100 total homers) is 9.4% by Jose Altuve (28/299). 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210762883560…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Kiké Hernández is the only player in MLB history to have at least 10.0% of his career homers (reg & post) come in the postseason (min. 100 total homers). 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210762758207…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is 7-1 in his 10 career postseason appearances. The only other pitchers in MLB history with at least seven wins and no more than one loss in their first 10 postseason games are Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez (8-0) and Jim Palm… 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210750856138…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The @AtlantaFalcons are the only team in NFL history to have a 2-game span with: 80+ points 800+ total yards 8+ rushing TDs no more than 1 turnover no more than 1 sack allowed 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210735395120…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Yankees are the first MLB team to have more players commit an error (4) than they had get a hit (3) in a postseason game since the Reds did it when they were no-hit by Roy Halladay on October 6, 2010. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210731590391…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The @whitesox are the only MLB team in the modern era to have their bullpen pitch 5.0+ innings, strike out 5+ batters & earn the win in 4 consecutive games (reg or post). 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210727842406…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Cam Schlittler has 24 strikeouts and 1 walk allowed through 3 career postseason starts. The only other pitcher with 20 or more Ks and no more than 1 walk through his first 3 playoff starts all-time is Schoolboy Rowe (20 K, 0 BB) in 1934-1935. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210711833091…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jared Goff is the only QB in NFL history to have 1200+ passing yards and no turnovers through 4 games of a season and yet not have a winning record. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210699032076…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Didier Fuentes of the @Braves retired 11 consecutive batters Sunday. That's the longest streak by a reliever 21 or younger in a postseason game in MLB history. No reliever 21 or younger has had a streak that long in a regular-season game since… 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210696816186…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jackson Chourio is the second MLB player to deliver a postseason walkoff hit with his team trailing & with a pitcher who led his league in saves during the regular season on the mound (since saves became official in 1969). The other was Kirk Gi… 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210690814810…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Vikings are the second NFL team in the last 90 years to win 3 straight games in a season while scoring 1 or fewer scrimmage touchdowns across the 3 games. The other team was the Steelers in 1994 Weeks 10-12. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210688694832…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Deonte Banks' 98-yard interception return for a touchdown is the second-longest touchdown with 00:00 left on the clock since the NFL/AFL merger, behind Brock Marion's 100-yard return to end the game on January 6, 2002, between the Dolphins and B… 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210684737608…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Last 3 players to have 9+ receiving touchdowns through their first five career FBS games - Jesse Legree, @BeaverFootball 2026 Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech 2007 Randy Moss, Marshall 1997 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210675533461…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Darian Mensah in all four games for @CanesFootball this season: 3+ passing TD 1 or fewer sacks taken No interceptions The only other FBS player in the last 30 years to do that in four straight games was Baker Mayfield in his Heisman-winning 20… 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210641047252…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tonight, Caleb Komolafe (188 rushing yards) and Joseph Himon II (162 rushing yards) of Northwestern became the first Big Ten duo to rush for at least 160 yards in the same game since Michigan's Donovan Edwards and Blake Corum on October 15, 2022. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210624461916…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The @BuffaloBills are 3-0 with 101 points scored, their third straight season starting 3-0 with 100+ points through 3 games. It is the longest streak of seasons in NFL history. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210610678899…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Browns are the only team in NFL history to have: fewer TDs fewer made FGs fewer rushing yards fewer net passing yards more turnovers more penalties ...than their opponents through 4 games of a season and yet still have a winning record. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210600780600…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Chris Sale is the first MLB pitcher with 9+ strikeouts in a start & then 3+ strikeouts in a relief appearance within the next 2 days (reg or post) since Randy Johnson did it in the 1995 ALDS against the Yankees. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210586889442…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Chris Sale of the @Braves is the first MLB pitcher to throw both the first and last pitches for his team in a postseason series since he himself did so in the 2018 World Series. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210585639579…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lowest slugging percentage in a multi-game postseason series, MLB history: .145 - 2026 Cubs (NLWC) .153 - 2020 Twins (ALWC) .154 - 2022 Rays (ALWC) .174 - 1998 Rangers (ALDS) .179 - 2019 Cardinals (NLCS) 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210555586368…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The previous low for runs scored by the regular-season scoring leader in a multi-game postseason series was 3 (Orioles held the White Sox to 3 runs in the 1983 ALCS). 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210553587678…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The @Padres are the first team in MLB history to hold the highest-scoring team in the majors during the regular season to just one run (or none) in a multi-game postseason series. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210552774604…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The @Yankees are the first team in MLB history to score at least 90% of the runs in a postseason series (min. 20 total runs). 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210549706566…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The @penguins beat the Flyers 7-0 in Philadelphia tonight. That's the largest road shutout in a season opener in NHL history. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210548903390…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The @whitesox are the first team in MLB history to hold the lead at the end of every single inning of a multi-game postseason series. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210545882128…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tonight, Max Fried will become the sixth pitcher in MLB history to make at least one postseason start in seven consecutive years (2020-2026), joining Greg Maddux (nine), Andy Pettitte (nine), Tom Glavine (eight), Clayton Kershaw (eight) and Roge… 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210535179769…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On Tuesday the @Yankees' Ben Rice: hit multiple homers hit a grand slam had all of his team's XBH outhit the entire opposing team No one else in MLB history has done all of that in any game, regular season or postseason. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210518295232…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is the first time in MLB postseason history there were 2 shutouts by 8+ runs on the same day. 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210515942261…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cam Schlittler in 6 career starts against the Red Sox, including playoffs: 0.47 ERA 11.41 K/9 Since ERA became official in both leagues in 1913, no other MLB pitcher has had a sub-0.50 ERA & 11.00+ K/9 over his first 6 career starts against an… 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210513663614…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In their six games against the Padres this season, the @Cubs averaged 9.17 runs and 3.0 home runs per game. It's the only time in the modern era that a team has averaged 9+ runs and 3+ homers per game in a single regular season against any oppo… 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210494468232…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Those 9 wins for Keenum: 12/21/2014 vs Bal (Flacco) 12/27/2015 at Sea (Wilson) 9/18/2016 vs Sea (Wilson) 10/15/2017 vs GB (Rodgers) 10/22/2017 vs Bal (Flacco) 1/14/2018 vs NO (Brees - playoffs) 9/9/2018 vs Sea (Wilson) 11/25/2018 vs Pit (Roethl… 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210492268604…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Case Keenum has 32 wins as a starting QB in the NFL, including playoffs. Nine of those 32 wins have come against former Super Bowl-winning starting QBs (28.1%). That's the highest percentage for any QB with at least 30 wins in NFL history (reg … 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210492102560…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Eagles are the only NFL team in the Super Bowl era to have a game with: under 50 offensive plays under 250 total yards 10+ penalties 3+ giveaways 0 takeaways 0 sacks 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210481731664…

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OptaSTATS (bot) @optastats-bot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The 2026 postseason is the first time in MLB history that 3 teams made the playoffs despite having a sub-.400 winning percentage at the end of April - the Astros were 12-20 (.375) while the Phillies and Red Sox were 12-19 (.387). 🐦 x.com/OptaSTATS/status/210457951350…

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