Matt Garza threw the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay Rays history, seven years ago today. The Rays were facing the Detroit Tigers at Tropicana Field on Monday, July 26, 2010, and the game was actually a double no-hitter into the sixth inning. The Tigers’ Max Scherzer took the mound, no-no intact, but loaded the bases…
Providence Grays pitcher Charles ‘Old Hoss’ Radbourn threw a no-hitter, 134 years ago today. On Wednesday, July 25, 1883, at Cleveland’s Kennard Street Park, Radbourn no-hit the Cleveland Blues for an 8-0 victory. Radbourn’s greatest season was in 1884, when he posted a 59-12 with a 1.38 ERA, including an amazing 73 complete games. Imagine…
The Los Angeles Dodgers Bill Singer, the Detroit Tigers’ Jim Bunning and the Brooklyn Superbas’ Mal Eason and all threw no-hitters on this date. Singer threw his on July 20, 1970, against the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium for a 5-0 win. Bunning in 1958 threw his first of two no-hitters, blanking the Boston Red…
The Cleveland Indians’ Dick Bosman threw a no-hitter against the Oakland Athletics, 43 years ago today. On Friday, July 19, 1974, at Cleveland Stadium, Bosman no-hit the A’s for a 4-0 win. He would have had a perfect game if not for his own error. With two outs in the fourth, the slow-footed Sal Bando…
Edwin Jackson nearly made San Diego Padres history in his first start for the club, one year ago today. Jackson, who threw a no-hitter for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2010, took a no-no against the San Francisco Giants into the seventh inning on July 17, 2016, before losing it on a Conor Gillaspie three-run homer.…
The father of no-hitters, George Washington Bradley, threw baseball’s first official no-no, 141 years ago today. On Saturday, July 15, 1876, the 5-foot-10½-inch, lanky St. Louis Brown Stockings right-hander worked his way down the Hartford Dark Blues lineup during a one-hour-50-minute contest, striking out three batters while walking one. The Brown Stockings’ defense was of…