The San Diego Padres, a National League team that began play in 1969, played 8,205 regular-season games and 40 postseason games before finally getting their first no-hitter (read about the streak here). The accomplishment by Joe Musgrove ended a streak that topped the New York Mets’ mark of no-hit futility from inception (8,019) by 186 games.
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| Friday, April 9, 2021 San Diego Padres 3, Texas Rangers 0 Globe Life Field (Arlington) |
Great job putting together this page! I love how you went the extra mile and used the Padres old colors. Was surprised to learn that two teams have actually gone longer than the Padres without a no-hitter. Enjoyed the video of you promoting your book, too. Horace Clarke makes for a great trivia question/answer. Would never have known that.
Thanks. Glad to give Clarke some due. He gets lumped in with those bad Yankees teams of the 70s all too often.
Add ty Ross to tonight’s count of padres no no-no’s. 🙁
Would have been interesting to see if green let ty go into the 9th with 127 pitches already
Yeah, that hit certainly made it easier on Green. Heartbreaking way to lose a no-no.
July 25, 2018 – As a Met fan I’m hoping to jinx Clayton Richard’s perfect 4 innings so far. Could he be the first Padre with a no-no?
Not today!
You have to mention the closest the Padres ever got to that no-hitter.
It was July 1972. The Padres were playing the Philadelphia Phillies, and Steve Arlin, arguably our best pitcher, had gone 8 2/3 innings without allowing a hit, and was ONE STRIKE away from clinching the no-hitter.
Then things fell apart. Denny Doyle got what was labeled a “bad hop” single (actually, Don Zimmer. the manager, screwed up the player positioning to make that a possibility). Then all hell broke loose, and the Padres ended up LOSING that game 2-1!
I was so mad that I wanted to pulverize the radio into a fine powder.
Another reason for Arlin to hate Philadelphia (they gave up on him early in his career).
The Arlin near no-no and 21 others are chronicled on our Padres near no-hitters page: https://www.nonohitters.com/padres-near-no-hitters/
They just got one!
WOW! UPDATE THIS PAGE!!!!!
Just unbelievable…Joe Musgrove is a STUD! Throwing a NO-NO on April 9, 2021…a date which will be enshrined forever in San Diego sports history. And he is a local…Grossmont High! Storybook ending. He is so well-spoken…loved to hear about how he manages his emotions between innings…lining up nine pieces of bubble gum on his towel and chewing one each time he’s on the bench! His post game interview tonight was fascinating and really enlightening. Almost a perfect game! I was at the Matt Cain San Francisco perfect game June 13, 2012 and watching Joe tonight was even more exciting! So proud of the Padres!