The story this week is FAST BASEBALL, with lots of new records being set this week in regards to pace of play.

First off, the Dodgers and Padres played on Sunday and completed the entire ordeal in a mere 127 minutes, becoming the quickest game of the year so far. This was a 1-0 affair for the Dodgers, on the back of Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw gave up only three hits over nine innings, and contributed at the plate with one hit and an RBI, the game’s only run. Six total hits and two walks meant that not much action took place on the basepaths. In fact, not much took place at the plate, Kershaw’s CG went only 101 pitches.

In other pace of play news, the Rays this week managed to conclude every game before the three hour mark, the first team to do this over the course of a week. With the shortest game clocking in at 2:37 and the longest 2:52, the Rays were consistent in getting folks home in time for the late local news. They even managed to go 3-3 on the week, despite not scoring more than four runs in a single game. On the other side of things, the Brewers made sure there was plenty of baseball to be played, as they didn’t play a game shorter than three hours last week.

After setting a new season high last week in ejections, we’re back this week with EVEN MORE. Seven were ejected this week, including two instances of multiple ejections on one call (player and then the manager). Both the Marlins and the Rockies had double-ejections, which gives the Marlins the season high for ejections, with three.

For the remainder, your miscellany as always. And even lower down the page, we have three tables of raw data for your reading enjoyment. The first is for total games played, then home games, then away games.

Attendance:

Lowest attendance last week: Tampa (vs Baltimore), Tuesday, April 26th. 10,988.

Highest-Lowest attendance last week: St. Louis (vs Washington), Saturday, April 30th. 42,723

Highest attendance last week: Los Angeles Dodgers (vs San Diego), Friday, April 29th. 49,686.

Lowest-Highest attendance last week: Colorado (vs Pittsburgh), Wednesday, April 27th. 21,354.

Game time:

Longest game last week: Colorado vs Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 27th. 4:58 (9-8 PIT, 12 innings)

Shortest game last week: Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego, Sunday, May 1st. 2:07 (1-0 LAD) New season shortest!

Quickest average game for the week: Tampa, 2:42 average over 6 games.

Longest average game for the week: Colorado, 3:32 average over 6 games.

Weather:

Warmest game last week: Texas vs New York Yankees, 82 degrees, Monday, April 25th.

Coldest game last week: Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee, 40 degrees, Tuesday, April 26th.

Warmest average for the week: Texas, 76.5 degrees over 6 games.

Coldest average for the week: Milwaukee, 42.5 degrees over 5 games.

Windiest game last week: San Francisco vs San Diego, 22 MPH, Monday, April 25th.

Windiest week: San Francisco, 14.8 MPH over 6 games.

Ejections:

Total ejections last week: 7 New weekly high! (17 total this season)

Ejections by league: AL 3, NL 4. (Season: AL 8, NL 9)

Raw data:

All games

Team Count of Games Min Attendance Max Attendance Avg Attendance Min Time of Game Max Time of Game Avg Time of Game Min Temp Max Temp Avg Temp Min Wind Max Wind Avg Wind Ejections Angels 6 29589 41571 35199 02:35 03:33 02:59 60 75 67.9 5 16 8.7 Astros 6 13821 24135 18367 02:27 03:23 02:55 56 71 63 0 17 6.8 Athletics 7 20159 26200 22877 02:27 03:23 02:53 45 71 60.4 3 17 10.8 Blue Jays 6 13679 28759 22111 02:34 03:24 02:50 1 Braves 6 22735 40164 31001 02:38 03:22 02:57 44 79 63.5 8 14 10.5 Brewers 5 23215 35861 29637 03:02 03:45 03:21 40 45 42.5 12 16 14 Cardinals 7 18208 45246 29351 02:25 03:32 02:56 63 76 71.2 6 12 7.9 Cubs 4 32734 40164 35692 02:38 03:45 03:09 40 45 43.3 10 16 13 Diamondbacks 7 18208 32987 22286 02:25 03:32 03:10 74 80 76.2 6 15 9 Dodgers 7 38909 49686 44810 02:07 03:06 02:51 61 70 63.7 6 17 7.7 Giants 6 39077 44666 41257 02:28 03:47 03:13 50 62 56.7 6 22 14.8 Indians 6 17493 23809 19811 02:40 03:32 03:08 44 58 50 1 14 8.3 Mariners 6 13821 43444 27001 02:28 03:23 02:56 56 66 60.8 0 8 3.3 Marlins 7 23215 44954 35509 02:51 03:24 03:04 61 64 62 6 17 9 2 Mets 6 26978 44666 35369 02:54 03:19 03:08 50 64 56 6 16 11.2 Nationals 6 22112 45246 33716 02:46 03:25 02:59 54 81 65 6 12 9.5 Orioles 7 10988 29152 18324 02:30 03:42 02:54 48 57 52.3 1 7 4.8 Padres 6 41266 49686 44789 02:07 03:47 02:58 58 70 62.3 6 22 12.7 Phillies 6 18677 25097 22920 02:40 03:25 03:04 48 81 57.8 1 12 7.2 Pirates 6 20227 34810 25960 02:41 04:58 03:29 43 67 57 2 9 6.2 Rangers 6 26163 41571 33942 02:19 03:33 02:48 71 82 76.5 5 16 10.2 Rays 6 10988 27217 15280 02:34 02:52 02:42 1 Red Sox 7 22735 37901 31590 02:50 03:30 03:02 47 79 64.5 8 17 11.1 Reds 6 26978 34810 30369 02:41 03:42 03:07 52 67 59.2 2 16 8.8 Rockies 6 20227 32987 23951 02:59 04:58 03:32 43 80 65 5 15 9.6 2 Royals 6 31061 43444 36635 02:28 03:14 02:53 60 66 63.3 1 9 6.3 Tigers 7 21671 31109 24524 02:38 03:33 03:03 45 64 55.4 3 15 9.7 Twins 6 17493 31109 21942 02:51 03:33 03:13 44 59 52.8 5 15 11.2 White Sox 7 14568 29152 24179 02:30 03:42 03:02 48 57 52.3 1 7 4.8 1 Yankees 6 26163 37901 33731 02:19 03:30 02:54 47 82 64.8 6 17 12

Home games

Team Count of Games Min Attendance Max Attendance Avg Attendance Min Time of Game Max Time of Game Avg Time of Game Min Temp Max Temp Avg Temp Min Wind Max Wind Avg Wind Ejections Angels 3 31061 35142 33544 02:51 03:02 02:57 60 66 63 6 9 7.3 Athletics 3 20159 24135 22459 02:27 03:13 02:50 63 71 68 5 17 12.3 Blue Jays 3 23726 28759 25606 02:35 03:24 02:57 1 Braves 2 22735 23487 23111 02:52 02:55 02:53 75 79 77 8 11 9.5 Brewers 3 23215 28193 26530 03:02 03:24 03:15 Cardinals 3 42723 45246 43634 02:46 03:02 02:51 63 69 66.7 7 12 9 Cubs 4 32734 40164 35692 02:38 03:45 03:09 40 45 43.3 10 16 13 Diamondbacks 7 18208 32987 22286 02:25 03:32 03:10 74 80 76.2 6 15 9 Dodgers 7 38909 49686 44810 02:07 03:06 02:51 61 70 63.7 6 17 7.7 Giants 3 41266 41413 41345 02:28 03:47 03:12 58 59 58.7 16 22 19.3 Mariners 6 13821 43444 27001 02:28 03:23 02:56 56 66 60.8 0 8 3.3 Mets 6 26978 44666 35369 02:54 03:19 03:08 50 64 56 6 16 11.2 Nationals 3 22112 25097 23798 02:59 03:25 03:07 54 81 63.3 6 12 10 Orioles 4 14568 29152 23109 02:30 03:42 03:07 48 57 52.3 1 7 4.8 Phillies 3 18677 23809 22041 02:40 03:20 03:01 48 58 52.3 1 8 4.3 Pirates 3 28755 34810 31168 02:41 03:42 03:13 54 67 61 2 8 5.7 Rangers 6 26163 41571 33942 02:19 03:33 02:48 71 82 76.5 5 16 10.2 Rays 6 10988 27217 15280 02:34 02:52 02:42 1 Red Sox 5 32232 37901 34981 02:50 03:30 03:12 47 62 52 9 17 12.6 Rockies 3 20227 21354 20752 02:59 04:58 03:45 43 64 53 5 9 6.7 2 Tigers 4 21671 26200 23191 02:38 03:23 02:56 45 64 52.8 3 12 9.3 Twins 6 17493 31109 21942 02:51 03:33 03:13 44 59 52.8 5 15 11.2

Away games