Three Florida Marlins pitchers threw a spring training no-hitter, seven years ago today. On Sunday, March 22, 2009, Ricky Nolasco threw seven innings of no-hit ball and Dan Meyer and Leo Nuñez (whose real name was later revealed to be Juan Carlos Oviedo) each tossed one no-hit inning to lead the Marlins to a 2-0…
Steve Barber, who threw 8⅔ innings of a 9-inning no-hit loss in 1967, was born 78 years ago today. On Sunday, April 30, 1967, during the first game of doubleheader at Memorial Stadium, Barber held the Detroit Tigers hitless through eight innings despite struggling with his control. He entered the ninth with a 1-0 lead,…
For the third straight off-season, we’re on active Johnny Vander Meer watch. Max Scherzer threw a no-hitter on the penultimate day of the 2015 season, blanking the New York Mets 2-0. That means he could theoretically tie Vander Meer’s major-league of back-to-back no-hitters record by tossing one in his first start of the 2016 season.…
Happy birthday to four no-no pitchers: Justin Verlander, who threw two no-nos for the Detroit Tigers, Clyde Wright, who threw one for the California Angels, Jim Wilson, who tossed one for the Milwaukee Braves, and Dave Davenport, who threw one for the St. Louis Terriers of the Federal League. Verlander, who turns 33 today, threw…
The Miami Marlins’ Henderson Alvarez finished off the 2013 season with a no-hitter that ended with a walk-off wild pitch, two years ago today. Alvarez, pitching at Marlins Park on Sunday, September 29, 2013, no-hit the Detroit Tigers through nine innings, but the Marlins couldn’t score a single run. Miami loaded the bases in the…
A committee of five Detroit Tigers came within two outs of the majors’ 294th no-hitter on Tuesday before Tyler Saladino tagged Neftali Felix for a one-out triple in the ninth. Daniel Norris was throwing a perfect game through five, but he was pulled from the game because of his pitch count. Buck Farmer took the…