When Philadelphia Phillies reliever Daniel Stumpf began his 2016 season by issuing a walk, a grand slam and then another walk before getting pulled in the fourth inning of Thursday’s loss to the Reds, singer/songwriter/Phillies fan Chuck Brodsky wondered if we should add a new statistical category called “No-outers” that yield an ERA of infinity…
Zsolt Zalabai threw the first no-hitter in Hungarian baseball history, six years ago today. On April 10, 2010, Zalabai, pitching for Óbuda Brick Factory, threw the complete-game shutout for a 3-0 victory against the Trnava Angles of Slovakia during an interleague game.
In just the third game in @ColaFireflies history, three pitchers combine on a no-hitter. https://t.co/cwHgAHXKzi pic.twitter.com/EfZzwlj7hG — MiLB.com (@MiLB) April 10, 2016 Three Columbia Fireflies pitchers on Saturday combined to throw a no-hitter for the Mets’ Class A affiliate in the South Atlantic League. Thomas McIlraith threw six no-hit innings, Alex Palsha followed with two…
Fred Frankhouse, a Dodgers pitcher who knows what it feels like to reach the eighth inning with a no-hitter intact but not be included in the official record books, was born 112 years ago today. On Friday, August 27, 1937, in the first game of a doubleheader at Ebbets Field, The Brooklyn Dodgers’ curve-baller threw…
On April 9, 2015, the Indians lost the multi-pitcher effort on a 9th-inning one-out home run by the Houston Astros’ Jed Lowrie. Lowrie’s shot over the left-center field wall off Nick Hagadome ended the effort begun by Trevor Bauer (6), Kyle Crockett (1) and Scott Atchinson (1). The Indians held on for a 5-1, one-hit…
Not bad for your @MLB debut, @RossStripling. https://t.co/57Vbdh9erN pic.twitter.com/mJg8hq3jOw — MLB (@MLB) April 9, 2016 The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Ross Stripling tossed 7⅓ innings of no-hit ball in his first major-league appearance Friday night before being pulled for a reliever who lost the no-no. When Stripling hit 100 pitches, Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts took the…