Larry McKeon and Charlie Geggus, the earliest no-hitter throwers to have their games tossed off the official list, were both born on this date. McKeon, born on this date in 1866, threw a six-inning no-hitter for the American Association’s Indianapolis Hoosiers on Tuesday, May 6, 1884. The Hoosiers were locked in a scoreless tie in…
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Wishing a happy 38th birthday to Mark Buehrle, who threw a no-hitter and a perfect game for the Chicago White Sox. Buehrle no-hit the Texas Rangers on April 18, 2007, for a 6-0 victory at U.S. Cellular Field while facing the minimum 27 batters. Buehrle had picked off Sammy Sosa from first after the designated…
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A trio of New York Yankees pitchers on Friday tossed a spring training no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers. Masahiro Tanaka threw 4⅓ innings of no-hit ball at Lakeland’s at Joker Merchant Stadium before turning the ball over to Chasen Shreve (⅔ innings) and then Jordan Montgomery (4 innings) for the 3-0 win. View all the…
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The Philadelphia Phillies came just two outs from throwing a combined Spring Training no-hitter on Thursday against the Baltimore Orioles. Vince Velasquez (3⅔), Jake Thompson (2⅓), Colton Murray (1⅔) and Michael Mariot (⅔) combined for 8⅓ no-hit innings at Ed Smith Stadium before Chris Dickerson tagged Mariot for a single to right. Sean Coyle followed…
DetailsToday would be the 92nd birthday of Alva “Bobo” Holloman, who pitched a no-hitter for the St. Louis Browns in 1953. Holloman no-hit the Philadelphia Athletics 6-0 at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, May 6 of that year. The game was the pinnacle of his brief major league career, which ended after two seasons with a…
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Happy 55th birthday to Mark Gardner, who threw nine no-hit innings in 1991 but lost the game in extra innings. Gardner, who last season served as the San Francisco Giants pitching coach, no-hit the Los Angeles Dodgers through nine on Friday, July 26, 1991, at Dodger Stadium but the Montreal Expos couldn’t score a run…
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