Steve Barber, threw 8 2/3 innings of a no-hit loss, born 80 years ago today
Steve Barber, who threw 8⅔ innings of a 9-inning no-hit loss in 1967, was born 80 years ago today.
Happy birthday to no-no thrower Matt Garza
Happy 34th birthday to Matt Garza, who threw the only no-hitter in Tampa Bay Rays history. On Monday, July 26, 2010, at Tropicana Field, Garza no-hit the Detroit Tigers for a 5-0 win. The Tigers’ Max Scherzer was also working on a no-hitter that night but lost it on a Matt Joyce grand slam in…
50th anniversary of Horlen’s White Sox no-no
Today is the 50th anniversary of Joel “Joe” Horlen’s Chicago White Sox no-hitter. During the first game of a Sunday, September 10, 1967, doubleheader at the old Comiskey Park, Horlen no-hit the Detroit Tigers for a 6-0 win. The Sox jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in the first inning on RBI singles by…
Evers hits majors’ only two-triple cycle, 67 years ago today
The Detroit Tigers’ Hoot Evers became the only major league player to notch two triples while hitting for the cycle, 67 years ago today. Evers accomplished the feat on Thursday, September 7, 1950, on the road at Cleveland’s Briggs Stadium, and the Indians had already built a 7-0 lead and knocked Tigers starter Art Houtteman…
Smith, Tesreau and Sanchez tossed no-hitters on this date
Frank Smith, Jeff Tesreau and Anibal Sanchez threw no-hitters on this date. Smith, a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, threw his first of two career no-hitters during the second game of a Wednesday doubleheader at Detroit’s Bennett Park on September 6, 1905. Smith had plenty of run support in this game, as the Sox…
Rays’ Garza no-hits Tigers, 7 years ago today
Matt Garza threw the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay Rays history, seven years ago today. The Rays were facing the Detroit Tigers at Tropicana Field on Monday, July 26, 2010, and the game was actually a double no-hitter into the sixth inning. The Tigers’ Max Scherzer took the mound, no-no intact, but loaded the bases…