Edwin Jackson nearly made San Diego Padres history Sunday afternoon, taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning before losing it on a Conor Gillaspie three-run homer. Jackson, who threw a no-hitter for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2010, walked five batters in this contest before serving up the dinger. It was his first start for the…
The San Diego Padres’ Leron Lee killed Tom Seaver’s chance of throwing the first New York Mets’ no-hitter in the ninth inning, 44 years ago today. Seaver took a no-hitter into the ninth inning at Shea Stadium on July 4, 1972, although he walked two batters in the fourth and two batters in the eighth,…
The California Angels’ Clyde Wright tossed a no-no 46 years ago today, but July 3 is also a big day San Diego no no-no history with three Padres pitchers taking no-hitters into the eighth inning. On this day in 1975, Randy Jones took a perfect game into the eighth against the Cincinnati Reds but lost…
Colin Rea made a go of it, but the rookie right-hander just missed throwing the first no-hitter in San Diego Padres history on Thursday night. With a shift behind him, Rea gave up a seventh-inning single to the New York Mets’ Yoenis Céspedes that went right through where the second baseman normally would be stationed.…
The San Diego Padres’ James Shields took a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants into the fifth inning on Tuesday night, falling 15 outs short of tossing the first no-no in franchise history. With nobody out in the fifth, Shields gave up a Brandon Crawford single up the middle for the Padres’ 7,511th game with…
The San Diego Padres’ no no-hitter count reached a significant milestone on Thursday, when the Philadelphia Phillies’ Ryan Howard tagged Padres starter Drew Pomeranz for a 2nd-inning homer at Citizens Bank Park for the Padres franchise’s 7,500th game without a no-hitter. The streak and NoNoHitters.com are wonderfully chronicled in today’s San Diego Union-Tribune by Kirk…