41 pitchers in MLB history have had Immaculate Inning

Rafael Soriano became the 41st pitcher in major-league history to strike out the side on the minimum nine pitches, and just the third to get a save as he recorded what is called an Immaculate Inning. “I didn’t know that,” Soriano said Tuesday. “I didn’t know until you told me that it was a big deal.” Some of the game’s biggest-name pitchers are on the list, including three Hall of Famers who did it twice in their careers — Lefty Grove, Sandy Koufax and Nolan Ryan — plus Bob Gibson and Jim Bunning. And there are some other names that make it appear a random collection, including ex-Rays Brandon Backe and Jason Isringhausen, and journeymen such as Buddy Carlyle and Rick Helling. — St. Petersburg Times