7,171: McGehee 2nd-inning double off Cashner
Casey McGehee’s second-inning double off Andrew Cashner is tonight’s no no-hitter culprit, 7,171 and counting.
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).
Hitchcock and Hoffman combine for one-hitter, 17 years ago today
Sterling Hitchcock, a New York Yankee and Seattle Mariner before joining the Padres for the 1997 season, was impressive in his first start for San Diego. On April 5, 1997, 17 years ago today, Hitchcock held the Philadelphia Phillies hitless for four innings before yielding a Rico Brogna 5th-inning line-drive double to right, marking the…
7,170 on Baker’s 1st-inning single
The Marlins’ Jeff Baker tags Eric Stults for a first-inning single, and the #Padres have gone 7,170 games without a #nohitter.
7,169 on Crawford’s double
Padres no no-hitter No. 7,169 comes in the first on a Carl Crawford leadoff double.
7,168 comes quickly
Leadoff hitter Carl Crawford drives a hard grounder by second for #Padres game 7,168 with no #nohitter.
Padres no-no count up to 7,167 games
Andrew Cashner yields a 2nd-inning Juan Uribe single for the #Padres 7,167th game without a #nohitter. Sunday night’s Padres opener was actually Game No. 3 for the Dodgers, who opened up the season in Australia by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks two straight games.