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,…
Could the Toronto Blue Jays’ Marco Estrada become the next Dave Stieb? For the second straight start, Estrada took a no-hitter bid into the eighth inning, getting the first out Wednesday before Logan Forsythe tagged him for an infield single. On Friday, Estrada lost one against the Orioles with no out in the eighth. Stieb,…
The Philadelphia Phillies’ Rick Wise became the only major league pitcher to hit two home runs during his own no-hitter, 44 years ago today. On Wednesday, June 23, 1971, Wise no-hit the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium for a 4-0 win – and he drove in three of those runs. Wise was protecting a 1-0…
The Brooklyn Grooms’ Tom Lovett threw a no-hitter against the New York Giants, 124 years ago today. Or, as the New York Sun put it, Lovett “accomplished a feat that would make any pitcher who ever rubbed dirt on a new ball feel as hilarious as a steer in a vegetable garden.” (I love these…