Logan Henderson surpassed Elmer Steele’s century-old WHIP mark, securing win No. 99 for Milwaukee while solidifying his role as the rotation's historic anchor heading into the postseason.
The Milwaukee Brewers secured their 99th win of the year thanks to a 4-1 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Logan Henderson improved to 11-3 as he gave up just one earned run in his five innings of work.
Once again, Henderson continues to impress, and he's now set an MLB record that goes back to 1908, according to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Curt Hogg.
Officially, Henderson's 0.844 WHIP is the lowest by a rookie starting pitcher (with at least 50 innings pitched) since Elmer Steele set that mark 118 years ago.
Seeing as Henderson has thrown 98.1 innings, he's checked that qualification box with ease.
To say what he's done this year would be historic is an understatement, and there's no doubt manager Pat Murphy is going to have him as this team's No. 2 pitcher in the postseason.
Henderson is as good as it gets
Even against this stellar Phillies lineup, Henderson only allowed four hits on a night where he once again threw five full innings.
Milwaukee had a fresh bullpen coming into this one, so Murphy was able to use DL Hall, Abner Uribe, and Trevor Megill to slam the door shut.
Henderson threw 87 total pitches, 51 of them were for strikes. In total, he struck out three batters and walked three which was a bit surprising as it's the most he's walked in a game since Friday, May 22.
Brewers get back to their winning ways
There was a bit of panic after the team left Colton Gordon in for an extra inning on Tuesday, Sept. 22, which contributed to a 6-4 loss.
Brewers fans had no need to worry with Henderson on the mound as they got their magic number for home field advantage through the National League Championship Series down another game.
Milwaukee will await the result of the Los Angeles Dodgers game to see if that number can shrink even further by the end of the night. For now, that magic number is three.
That is one goal in mind, but another is once again finishing with the best record in all of baseball to secure home field advantage through the World Series, should this team get over the hump and make it to that point.
With four games remaining, only time will tell, but win No. 99 set another new franchise record, and all it'll take is a 1-3 record to have the first 100-win season in franchise history.
