Most batters consecutively retired by a Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher

Most batters consecutively retired by a Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher
Who
Yusmeiro Petit
Where
United States
When
10 November 2014
Yusmeiro Petit (Venezuela) set a Major League Baseball (MLB) record by retiring 46 batters in a row while pitching over an eight-game stretch for the San Francisco Giants (USA) in 2014. This broke the mark of 45 in a row held by Mark Buehrle (USA) of the Chicago White Sox (USA) in 2009.