Angels’ Richards no-hits Astros through 6 1/3

The Los Angeles Angels’ Garrett Richards no-hit the Houston Astros for 6⅓ innings on Sunday for the fourth-deepest no-no so far of 2015.

Richards walked two batters in the seventh inning before getting the first out. Jason Castro then poked a one-out single to left to put an end to the no-hitter.

Here are the deepest near no-nos of the 2015 season (minimum six innings):

8⅓	Trevor Bauer (6 inn) Kyle Crockett (1 inn) Scott Atchinson (1 inn) Nick Hagadome (⅓ inn)
	Cleveland Indians (AL in IL game)
	Thursday, April 9, 2015 Spoiler: Jed Lowrie, homer to left-center with one out in the ninth Cleveland Indians 5, Houston Astros 0 Minute Maid Park (Houston)
7	Chris Young (5 inn) Ryan Madson (2 inn) Kelvin Herrera (0 inn)
	Kansas City Royals (AL)
	Friday, May 1, 2015 Spoiler: Nick Castellanos, single to left with nobody out in the eighth inning Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 1 Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City)
7	Sonny Gray
	Oakland Athletics (AL)
	Monday, April 6, 2015 (Opening Day) Spoiler: Ryan Rua, single to right with nobody out in the eighth inning Oakland Athletics 8, Texas Rangers 0 O.co Coliseum (Oakland)
6⅓	Garrett Richards
	Los Angeles Angels (AL)
	Sunday, May 10, 2015 Spoiler: Jason Castro, one-out single to left in the seventh inning Los Angeles Angels vs. Houston Astros Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Anaheim)
6	Madison Bumgarner
	San Francisco Giants (NL)
	Monday, May 4, 2015 Spoiler: Justin Upton, leadoff single to left in the seventh inning San Francisco Giants 2, San Diego Padres 0 AT&T Park (San Francisco)

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Author: Dirk Lammers

https://www.nonohitters.com/about-the-author/

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).

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“Like the book’s subject, Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders is full of intrigue, suspense and just enough random good fortune to go down in history. In revisiting the unforgettable and revealing the forgotten, Dirk Lammers deals a quirky treasure for baseball lovers.”

Jon SpringerAuthor of Mets by the Numbers

“Never have so many no-nos inspired such resounding yes-yeses! A baseball research book with a sense of humor—novel concept.”

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“In “Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders,” Lammers takes a topic that might seem narrowly focused and opens it up with all sorts of interesting angles.”

Ross AtkinsChristian Science Monitor

“This volume is the complete – and I mean fully complete – story of the no-hit games in the long history of Major league Baseball, and it will serve as the place to look if one wonders why baseball makes such a big deal of no-hit games. With prodigious research, Lammers has produced not just the bare bones of each no-hit game but adds to each game story the little and telling details that are so alluring.”

Fay VincentFormer MLB commissioner, foreword writer

“I loved reading about all of the no-hitters. There are a lot of things that I had no idea about, like “Hooks” Wiltse also losing his perfect game in the ninth inning but saving his no-hitter. Even if you do not know anything about baseball, this is a great book about the great history of the game.”

Milt PappasMLB pitcher 1957-1973 ('72 no-no)

“… a fascinating book that will appeal to both the historian and the die-hard fan.”

Jeff AyersThe Associated Press

“… delightfully written … story after fascinating story about the most compelling characters and unlikely events.”

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“I do think you have a winning idea. This is a book that should sell. Bo Belinsky was my favorite, followed by Don Larsen, and the only one I saw in person, Bob Forsch.”

W.P. KinsellaAuthor of Shoeless Joe, adapted into "Field of Dreams"

“It’s fantastic. My kinda baseball book. Just the right combo of pure stats, information, obscure history and incisive commentary. I know I’ll be going back to it often for reference (and, hey, maybe a song or 2!).”

Steve WynnMusician, The Baseball Project, The Dream Syndicate

“As an official scorer, I’m aware of the tension and drama when a pitcher takes a no-hitter into the later innings. In Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders, Dirk Lammers has captured this drama and added to it with insights and analysis for those who achieved this honor. Mixed in with fun facts about more than 100 years of no-hitters, Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders is entertaining and enlightening.”

Stew ThornleyMLB Official Scorer for Minnesota Twins games

“… an exuberant romp through the history of one of baseball’s most impressive achievements.”

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