Marlins’ Edinson Vólquez breaks no-hitter drought
The Miami Marlins’ Edinson Vólquez threw the major’s 296th no-hitter on Saturday afternoon, blanking the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-0 at Marlins Park.
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.
Fifth anniversary of Santana’s breaking of Mets’ no no-no streak
Today is the fifth anniversary of Johan Santana breaking the Mets’ no no-hitters streak at 8,019 games. As always, we celebrate by repeating our original post from June 1, 2012. The streak ends at 8,019: Santana no-hits Cards For the first time in 8,019 games, a New York Mets game has ended with a zero…
White Sox’s Benz no-hits Cleveland, 103 years ago today
Joe Benz threw the fifth no-hitter in Chicago White Sox history, 103 years ago today. At Comiskey Park, on Sunday, May 31, 1914, Benz no-hit the Cleveland Naps for a 6-1 win in a game with six total blunders, three by each time. “Errors were plentiful on both sides,” noted one newspaper report. “Two of…
40th anniversary of Eckersley’s no-hitter
Today is the 40th anniversary of the no-hitter thrown by the Cleveland Indians’ Dennis Eckersley. On Monday, May 30, 1977, Eckersely walked just one Angels batter at Cleveland Stadium as the Indians topped California 1-0. Eckersley, who also pitched for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Oakland A’s, currently serves as a special assistant…
Halladay throws perfect game, 7 years ago today
The Philadelphia Phillies’ Roy Halladay threw a perfect game against the Florida Marlins, seven years ago today. On Saturday, May 29, 2010, at Sun Life Stadium, Halladay sent every Marlins batter he faced back to the dugout, and a lone unearned run in the third was all the Phillies needed to defeat Florida 1-0. Halladay…
Adonis Terry’s tosses 2nd no-no, 129 years ago today
Brooklyn’s Adonis Terry threw the second of his two no-hitters, 129 years ago today. On Sunday, May 27, 1888, Terry no-hit Louisville at Brooklyn’s Ridgewood Park to give the Bridegrooms a 4-0 win over the Louisville Colonels. His first no-no came on Saturday, July 24, 1886, when Terry no-hit the St. Louis Browns for a…