Saunders, Santana near elite group

Joe Saunders and Ervin Santana both are 5-0 this season and are abouot to enter into an elite group of starting pitching combos that opened the season undefeated. They still would need three more victories combined, without a defeat, to make the list, which was compiled by STATS LLC:

All STARTING Pitching Duos That Started a Season 6-0 or Better, Since 1920

(record listed is when both were undefeated at the latest date; one might have had a longer streak after the other first lost)

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1920 5/12 Cleveland Indians: Stan Coveleski 7-0 Jim Bagby 6-0

1946 5/26 Boston Red Sox: Boo Ferriss 7-0 Mickey Harris 7-0

1953 6/14 New York Yankees: Whitey Ford 7-0 Ed Lopat 7-0

1981 5/17 Los Angeles Dodgers: Burt Hooton 6-0 Fernando Valenzuela 8-0

1988 5/27 Houston Astros: Bob Knepper 6-0 Mike Scott 6-0

2001 6/08 Seattle Mariners: Freddy Garcia 6-0 Aaron Sele 8-0

2002 6/07 Boston Red Sox: Pedro Martinez 7-0 John Burkett 7-0