The Nippon Ham Fighters’ Yasumitsu Shibata no-hit the Kintetsu Buffaloes, 28 years ago today.
On Saturday, April 25, 1990, at the Tokyo Dome, Shibata yielded no hits and just one walk for a 3-0 win. His lone base on balls was issued to Jim Traber in the fifth inning, but Shibata faced the minimum 27 because the Ham Fighters quickly retired Traber on a double play.
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Title image: Untitled by Takako Tominaga licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped and shaded.
