The San Francisco Giants’ Matt Moore came one out away from a no-hitter Thursday night before yielding a bloop single to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Corey Seager — on Corey Seager bobblehead night at Chavez Ravine.
SOOOO CLOSE!!!
Corey Seager's two-out bloop hit to RF ends Matt Moore's no-hit bid after 133 pitches. pic.twitter.com/19HPldn0D6
— MLB (@MLB) August 26, 2016
Moore reached 133 pitches, so once the no-no was off the board, pitching coach Dave Righetti (who is no stranger to no-nos) called to the bullpen for Santiago Castilla. Castilla threw one pitch to secure the 4-0 shutout.
The Giants were trying to become the first team to throw no-hitters in five consecutive seasons. They’ve done it over the last four years:
| 1 | Matt Cain |
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 Wednesday, June 13, 2012San Francisco Giants 10, Houston Astros 0 AT&T Park (San Francisco) (Perfect game) |
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| 2 | Tim Lincecum |
| San Francisco Giants (NL) | |
| Saturday, July 13, 2013 San Francisco Giants 9, San Diego Padres 0 Petco Park (San Diego) (His first of two no-hitters) |
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| 3 | Tim Lincecum |
| San Francisco Giants (NL) | |
| Wednesday, June 25, 2014 San Francisco Giants 4, San Diego Padres 0 AT&T Park (San Francisco) (His second of two no-hitters; Lincecum becomes only pitcher since Addie Joss to no-hit the same team twice.) |
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| 4 | Chris Heston |
| San Francisco Giants (NL) | |
| Tuesday, June 9, 2015 San Francisco Giants 5, New York Mets 0 Citi Field (New York) |
The only other team to throw no-hitters in four consecutive seasons is the Dodgers, and they were all by Sandy Koufax (1962, ’63, ’64, ’65).
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