Yesterday, the Phils improbably beat the Rockies, 1-0, in only the second one-zip game in Coors Field's eleven-plus-year history. A solo shot by Ryan Howard in the seventh was the difference. Brett Myer somehow escaped unscathed after scattering seven hits in 7.2 innings.

Meanwhile, the Tigers behind Mike Maroth's pitching and a homer by their first baseman, Chris Shelton, won 1-0 over the Indians at Comerica.

That's two 1-0 games in one day. There have been only two others this season, an Astro win at home and a Cards loss at the new Busch Stadium, in only the fourth game held there. Even so, until yesterday it had as many 1-0 games as Coors.

The odds of getting two 1-0 games in a full slate of fifteen games (based on last year's numbers) is 3.25%, if I remember my combinatorics correctly.

So far in 2006, there have been four 1-0 ballgames out of 182 played or about 2.20%, which would be the highest since 1992 if t keeps up. Here are the numbers per decade starting in 1901 with the home team record for 1-0 games:

As far as Coors being a difficult park to get a 1-0 pitchers duel, here are the parks that have been the hardest since 1901 (note that it's divided by ballpark name):

Coors was the hardest to record a 1-0 game in for stadiums used in at least two seasons. Now, here are the easiest stadiums to get a 1-0 in:

The Rockies also lost their first 1-0 game at home (Coors or Mile High), thereby following from the top of the heap. The Braves now own the best 1-0 home record in baseball. The D-Backs are the only team with a losing record in 1-0 home games:

By the way, if you think that having a 1-0 game 2.2% of the time so far in 2006 is abnormally high, take a look at the years with the highest percentage:

Now, here are the seasons with the fewest, by percentage, 1-0 games. Surprise—most of them are during the hit-happy last decade and the early Thirties: