John Ruhlman (Roanoke College photo)
Roanoke College’s John Ruhlman threw the first no-hitter in school history on Saturday as the Maroons topped Eastern Mennonite 9-0 during the second game of a doubleheader at Salem Memorial Stadium.
According to the school’s website, it was the first recorded no-hitter for the Salem, Virginia, school since the baseball program was reinstated in 2002.
Sean Guida saved Ruhlman’s no-hitter in the seventh with an over-the-head catch.
With two outs in the ninth, Ruhlman allowed the next two batters to reach base on a walk and an error before striking out pinch hitter Brendon Salladay.
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) and NoNoHitters.com, where he maintains the Internet's largest archive of no-hitter information.
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