Padres manager Bud Black is telling MLB.com that Robbie Erlin or Matt Wisler could fill the fifth spot in the starting rotation as Josh Johnson heals from a strained flexor muscle in his forearm. Black says the 21-year-old Wisler has a lot of poise despite his age, and he brings a fastball in the low…
The Houston Astros’ Jarred Cosart threw five innings of perfect baseball against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, striking out nine batters by mixing up a fastball in the 90s with a wicked breaking ball. Houston’s Raul Valdes took the ball for the sixth inning but lost the no-hitter on a single by Nationals second-baseman Anthony…
A happy 70th birthday to former Padres outfielder Cito Gaston, who in 1970 was put in to pinch hit for Clay Kirby by manager Preston Gomez despite Kirby having a no-hitter through eight innings. San Diego was down 1-0 to the New York Mets at the time. Gaston struck out, reliever Jack Baldschun gave up…
The Marlins have just accomlished something that no other Major League team can claim – they no-hit a team in the country of Panama. Four Miami pitchers combined for the 5-0 no-no against the New York Yankees in a game in Panama City honoring former Yankees’ closer Mariano Rivera. Brad Hand threw the first five…
Our Padres no no-no count is now functional and ready to climb to 7,167 unless someone can pull a Bob Feller against the L.A. Dodgers in 16 days. Feller, a Hall of Famer who pitched for the Cleveland Indians, is the only hurler to have thrown a no-hitter on Opening Day. The Cleveland Plain Dealer…
Happy 35th birthday to Johan Santana, the man who ended the New York Mets’ no no-hitters streak and passed the torch to the San Diego Padres. Here’s our original post from June 1, 2012: The streak ends at 8,019: Santana no-hits Cards For the first time in 8,019 games, a New York Mets game has…