Edinson Vólquez threw the majors’ 296th no-hitter on Saturday. Here are six obscure facts about his effort: Edinson Vólquez is the second Marlins pitcher to wear uniform No. 36 while no-hitting the Arizona Diamondbacks. The other was Anibal Sanchez, who no-hit the D-Backs on September 6, 2006. Vólquez’s no-no broke the longest MLB no-hitter drought…
The Miami Marlins’ Edinson Vólquez threw the major’s 296th no-hitter on Saturday afternoon, blanking the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-0 at Marlins Park.
Today is the fifth anniversary of Johan Santana breaking the Mets’ no no-hitters streak at 8,019 games. As always, we celebrate by repeating 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 ended with a zero…
Joe Benz threw the fifth no-hitter in Chicago White Sox history, 103 years ago today. At Comiskey Park, on Sunday, May 31, 1914, Benz no-hit the Cleveland Naps for a 6-1 win in a game with six total blunders, three by each time. “Errors were plentiful on both sides,” noted one newspaper report. “Two of…
Today is the 40th anniversary of the no-hitter thrown by the Cleveland Indians’ Dennis Eckersley. On Monday, May 30, 1977, Eckersely walked just one Angels batter at Cleveland Stadium as the Indians topped California 1-0. Eckersley, who also pitched for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Oakland A’s, currently serves as a special assistant…
The Philadelphia Phillies’ Roy Halladay threw a perfect game against the Florida Marlins, seven years ago today. On Saturday, May 29, 2010, at Sun Life Stadium, Halladay sent every Marlins batter he faced back to the dugout, and a lone unearned run in the third was all the Phillies needed to defeat Florida 1-0. Halladay…