The Most Disastrous Complete Game Ever

They don't give credit for complete games in losses, as I discovered subsequent to Jered Weaver's embarrassing 1-0 no-hit loss to the Dodgers, but there oughta be some kind of award for the madness unearthed by Jay Jaffe, a story from Jim Blight's minor league career: I did eventually get someone out, then someone else, and someone after that. At the end of nine innings, I had given up twenty-two earned runs on thirty-one hits. As far as I know, no pitcher has before or since, in the recorded history of baseball, given up two home runs to the same player in the same inning. The reason is obvious: in every case but mine, the manager removed the incompetent pitcher before such a feat became possible. In their way, my teammates understood the significance of the evening. As they filed into the clubhouse after the game, each, in turn, looked me solemnly in the face and then began to laugh uncontrollably. So did I. So did Stubby. So, I imagine, did Mo Hill. Even the prisoner...