shieldsbackThe San Diego Padres’ James Shields threw five innings of no-hit ball Sunday, dominating the Chicago Cubs at Mesa’s Sloan Park.

The Padres are the only team without a regular season no-hitter. The Cubs have the longest streak of games since last being no-hit, dating back to 1965. (Follow @CubsNoHitStreak on twitter.)

Shields walked two and struck out six in the outing.

José Valverde came in for the sixth, and Arismendy Alcántara tagged him for a leadoff homer, killing the potential no-no by committee.

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Author: Dirk Lammers

Dirk Lammers is a veteran journalist who began rooting for the New York Mets in the early-1970s when the team’s no no-hitter count was barely 2,000 games old. Lammers has since turned his research into Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders: More Than a Century of Pitching’s Greatest Feats (Unbridled Books) and NoNoHitters.com, where he maintains the Internet's largest archive of no-hitter information.

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