May 06, 2008
Floyd in the Ninth
Gavin Floyd is coming out for the ninth with a 7-1 lead and a no-hitter on the line. He's scheduled to face Harris (1 BB), Mauer (2 BB) and Morneau (0 for 3).
Update: Harris strikes out looking at a big curve ball.
Update: Mauer goes the other way, hitting a perfectly placed low fly ball into the gap in left center. Swisher gave it all he had, even diving about ten feet short, but the ball falls for a double. That's it for Floyd, another great outing.
Update: Jenks gets the last two outs and the White Sox win 7-1. This was Floyd's third start of the season in which he allowed zero earned runs.
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Twins announcers not following the tradition of avoiding saying "no-hitter" until it's over. Said it about 10 times in that at-bat.
Or is that just for home announcers?
Trying to jinx him?
Gavin Floyd also pitched 7.1 innings of no-hit ball on 4/12 vs. Detroit.
The last pitcher to take two no-hitters into the 8th inning in the same season was Chris Young of San Diego, 2006 (7.0 vs. Colorado on 5/30, 8.1 vs. Pittsburgh on 9/22).
Before that, Derek Lowe of Boston did it in 2002 (7.0 vs. Baltimore 4/5 and 9.0 vs. Tampa Bay 4/27).
Altogether the feat has been accomplished 35 times in the Retrosheet era (since 1956).
During that period, five pitchers have had three 7+ inning no-hitters in a season, and one pitcher (Nolan Ryan, 1989) had five.
The last White Sox pitcher to lose a no-hitter in the 9th inning was Dennis Lamp in 1981 (8.0 vs. Milwaukee 8/25). Since then three Sox have thrown nine-inning no-hitters: Joe Cowley, Wilson Alvarez, and Mark Buehrle.
Sox commentator Hawk Harrelson mentioned "No hitter" before every commercial break. Sox fans generally don't go for superstitions.
Wherever a no-hitter is on the line...I'll be there.
Dave Stieb. The first great pitcher the Jays drafted and developed. He had no hitters broken with 2 outs in the 9th on back to back appearances. Jim Traber (.227 BA in 819 AB, career) broke the 2nd one as a pinch hitter. A 29 year old Julio Franco singled to snap the first.
September 24, 1988
September 30, 1988
At least he was able to get the monkey off his back on September 2, 1999. He was cooked at this point and didn't put a full season together again. He didn't get to pitch in the '92 World Series...
Also, he is #1 just about all categories including complete games (103), and shutouts (30) for the Blue Jays franchise. If Roy Halladay averages 6 CG and 2 SHO per year for the next 12 full seasons, then he would pass him. That's a tough sell.
He only needs 537 K and 61 wins to lead those categories... that's 4 seasons for the Ks and 5 for wins if he stays healthy. He might take #2 in K this year if he gets another 117 K.
I should have mentioned that of those five pitchers who took no-hitters into eighth inning three (or more) times in a season, four were named Nolan Ryan. The other was Jim Maloney.
Any good MLB CF catches that ball