Just a day after Odrisamer Despaigne nearly allowed the San Diego Padres to finally shed the label of being the only major league team never to throw a no-hitter, nonohitters.com celebrates the anniversary of another significant event in that story. San Diego could have exited the no-no club 44 years ago today, early in the…
Odrisamer Despaigne took a San Diego Padres no-hitter through 7⅔ innings Sunday but lost it on a double by the New York Mets’ Daniel Murphy. The two-out hit marked the 7,264th game without a no-no for the San Diego Padres, the only team without one. The 27-year-old Cuban-born right-hander then gave up a David Wright…
One year ago today, San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum threw a no-hitter against the Padres. Of course, he accomplished the same feat 18 days ago. Lincecum on July 13, 2013, struck out 13 Padres hitters but needed a 148th pitch to get Yonder Alonso to fly out to left for his first no-no and…
July 3 is a big day in San Diego no no-no history, with three Padres pitchers taking no-nos into the eighth inning. Too bad the Padres have an off-day this year. On this day in 1975, Randy Jones took a perfect game into the eighth against the Cincinnati Reds but lost it when shortstop Hector…
The San Francisco Giants’ Tim Lincecum no-hit the San Diego Padres on Wednesday for the second time in less than a year. Lincecum allowed just one baserunner, walking Chase Headley in the second before retiring the next 23 batters for a 4-0 victory.
Pittsburgh Pirates hurler Dock Ellis thought June 12, 1970 was an off-day, so after a long night of partying he woke up and decided to take some LSD. What he didn’t know was he had slept through a full day and he was actually scheduled to pitch Game 1 of a doubleheader against the San…