Derived from horse-racing, in which a bettor arrives at the window too late to place a bet, due to the race already having started, so the bettor is said to be "shut out". In baseball, a team shuts out its opponent when it prevents them from scoring any runs in a given game. For example, "Santana shut out the Royals with a 3-hitter" means that the Royals went scoreless as Santana pitched a complete-game shutout. The pitchers on the winning team thus get statistical credit for an individual shutout or a combined-to-pitch-shutout, respectively.