“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Heisey getting a start! Let's just hope he doesn't attempt a no-hitter of his own.
Yeah, this lineup is interesting because Heisey plays v. the lefty Zito rather than DRob. Also Mes is catching Cingrani, which is interesting.Originally Posted by NebraskaRed
I expected Hanigan to catch Cingrani tonight with Mes catching Leake tomorrow in the day game. Could imply more work for Mes overall, but hard to tell.
I know that Johnny Vander Meer is the only Major League pitcher to throw no-hitters in two consecutive starts. Just out of curiosity, though, has there ever been an instance where a no-hitter was followed by another the very next day by a different pitcher from the same team?
I don't know, but Jim Maloney no-hit the Astros in 1969 and the next night Astro Don Wilson returned the favor against the Reds with a no-hitter of his own.
Let's hope THAT doesn't repeat.
ProfessorTofty (07-03-2013)
Jim Maloney of the Reds threw a no-hitter against the Astros and the very next game Don Wilson of the Astros no-hit the Reds. I remember that from back in the day.
Beat you by one minute, LOL.
And this happened once before, Gaylord Perry and Ray Washburn, each no-hit the other's team in 1968. Just like the Maloney-Wilson thing, "revenge" no hitters in consecutive games.
Never has the same team pitched two no-hitters in consecutive games. There were two no-hitters pitched on consecutive DAYS in 1917 by the same team, but there was a game in-between (doubleheader).
New York Red (07-03-2013)
The pitcher who, IMO, came closest to equaling Vander Meer's record of back-to-back no-hitters was Dave Stieb. And Stieb never threw a no-hitter. How is that possible? Stieb, in consecutive starts threw one-hitters. And each time he was just one strike away from a no-no.
http://www.bluejayhunter.com/2012/06...s-back-to.html
May 5th, 1917 - Ernie Koob of the St Louis Browns pitches a no-hitter against the White Sox. May 6th, his teammate Eddie Cicotte did the same thing to the same team.
Chip R (07-03-2013)
As I posted, this was not back to back games. The second no-hitter was game two of a double header. There was a game in-between.
Darn those technicalities
The Wikipedia page on no-hitters is very interesting, has some great stuff.
Bumpus Jones, a Reds pitcher, threw a no-hitter in his first game. It was 1892.
He finished his career with a 2-4 record.
Someone might have written a player profile on him and posted it to the ORG just this morning....
For back-to-back-to-back games it would be hard to beat what the Astros accomplished in 1986.
Jim DeShaies two-hit the Dodgers in a 4-0 win. He walked one and struck out 10.
Nolan Ryan one-hit the Giants in a 6-0 win. He walked three and struck out 12.
Mike Scott then no-hit the Giants in a 2-0 win. He walked two and struck out 13.
One note: Ryan only went 8 innings. Charlie Kerfield pitched the ninth, giving up a hit and a walk but no runs.
In that three-game stretch, Astros' pitchers gave up 4 hits, no runs, six walks, while striking out 35. Yikes!
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