It’s America’s birthday, and it’s also the 135th birthday of the Detroit Tigers’ George Mullin, who was born on July 4 and threw a no-hitter on July 4. Mullin, born July 4, 1880, threw a no-hitter on his 32nd birthday — July 4, 1912 — during the second game of a doubleheader against the St.…
We had another no-hitter broken up in the latter innings on Friday, as the Detroit Tigers’ Anibal Sanchez took a no-no against the Toronto Blue Jays into the eighth inning. Former Tiger Ezequiel Cabrera broke up the bid with a one-out single to left field. The Blue Jays went on to score six runs in…
The Cleveland Indians’ Carlos Carrasco no-hit the Tampa Bay Rays through 8 2/3 innings Wednesday night before giving up a ninth-inning, two-out single to Joey Butler. Carrasco walked just one batter through eight, then issued a leadoff walk and a hit batsman in the ninth. Carrasco got the next batter on a fielder’s choice and…
Twenty five years ago today, the Oakland Athletics’ Dave Stewart and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Fernando Valenzula threw no-hitters on the same day. In a day game at Toronto’s SkyDome, Stewart no-hit the Blue Jays for a 5-0 victory for the A’s. Valenzuela watched part of that game in the Dodger Stadium clubhouse before promising…
The Cleveland Indians’ Cody Anderson threw a perfect game through 6⅓ innings Monday before losing it on a Grady Sizemore home run. Anderson, in just his second major league start, gave up just two hits in eight innings of work as the Indians topped the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1 at Tropicana Field. Here are the…
The Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer flirted with history tonight, taking a perfect game into the sixth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies in his first start since his no-hitter. Scherzer gave up a one-out double to Freddy Galvis, ending his chance at duplicating Johnny Vander Meer’s feat. Vander Meer’s first was on Saturday, June 11, 1938,…