September 20 is a popular day for a no-hitter. Six no-hitters have been tossed on this date, though none of those have been thrown in the 46 years since Bob Moose temporarily interrupted the Miracle Mets’ postseason push with a no-hitter at Shea Stadium on Saturday, September 20, 1969. Moose on that day struck out…
The Houston Astros’ Darryl Kile no-hit the New York Mets, 22 years ago today. Kile struck out nine while walking one in the game at the Astrodome in which the Astros won 7-1. He had retired the first 10 Mets batters, but the Mets got a run in the fourth thanks to a walk followed…
Today’s the 40th anniversary of San Francisco Giants’ pitcher Ed Halicki’s no-hitter against the New York Mets. The Mets actually had 12 hits on August 24, 1975, the day that Halicki hurled his no-no at Candlestick Park. Unfortunately, all 12 hits came in the first game of the doubleheader. The Mets won the opener 9-5,…
The Cincinnati Reds’ Jim Maloney threw a 10-inning no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs, 50 years ago today. Maloney, pitching the first game of a Thursday, August 19, 1965, doubleheader at Wrigley Field, no-hit the Cubs for nine innings. The Reds failed to score a run, so the game went into the top of the 10th,…
The New York Mets’ Noah Syndergaard retired the first 18 San Diego Padres he faced on Tuesday, losing his perfect game when Will Venable led off the seventh inning with a single. The Mets rookie fireballer worked out of the seventh-inning jam to protect a 2-0 lead and ended the night throwing eight innings with…
Johnny Vander Meer, the only pitcher to throw back-to-back no-hitters in major league history, tossed the first of those no-nos 77 years ago today. The lefty from Prospect Park, New Jersey was a starter for the 1938 Cincinnati Reds. Pitching at Crosley Field on Saturday, June 11, Vander Meer no-hit the Boston Bees (Braves) for…