Riddle Me This

In a major league baseball game, a pitcher faced only 27 batters. Every batter he faced, he struck out. He allowed no hits and no runs, yet his team lost 4-0. How could this be?





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Solution:

Two solutions are possible. 1) The pitcher came in as a relief pitcher, and the previous pitcher allowed 4 runs in the first inning before he was replaced. 2) The pitcher was the starting pitcher, and the game went to extra innings with the score tied 0-0 after the 9th.