Pitchers are Cities in the State Game is Played In

As so often is the case with a VORG topic, it started with a single tweet:

Hey @jaysonst wi Austin Pruitt starting opposite Dallas Keuchel in TX – can you recall 2 SP named after cities meeting in that state

— Neil Solondz (@neilsolondz) August 3, 2017

To which my hero Jayson Stark replied:

How great is this? And the game is in Texas! https://t.co/JoOAwKSF9L

— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) August 3, 2017

And then he sent out the “Bat Signal” for me:

This is a job for @dianagram

— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) August 3, 2017

So, using the Retrosheet gamelogs through 2016, and cross-referencing against a list of over 1,700 U.S. cities and towns, I found at least these six matchups where the first name of the opposing pitchers are each cities in the state the game was being played in, as follows: