Happy 52nd birthday to Bret Saberhagen, who threw a no-hitter for the Kansas City Royals in 1991. Saberhagen threw his no-hitter on Aug. 26, 1991, during a 7-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium, but it was not without controversy. In the fifth inning of the game, Royals outfielder Kirk Gibson got…
Mark Langston and Mike Witt combined to no-hit the Seattle Mariners, 26 years ago today. On Wednesday, April 11, 1990 at Anaheim Stadium, Langston threw seven innings of no-hit ball but took himself out of the game as his arm speed just wasn’t there. Manager Doug Rader brought in Witt, who was no stranger to…
Happy Birthday @Hesto23! #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/ht9SArSFvz — San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) April 10, 2016 Happy 28th birthday to Chris Heston, who threw a San Francisco Giants no-hitter against the New York Mets last season in just his 13th major league start. Heston, a 27-year-old rookie right-hander, struck out 11 batters and did not allow a walk…
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…