Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim pitchers Jared Weaver and Jose Arredondo held the Los Angeles Dodgers (of Los Angeles) hitless throughout tonight's game, but lost 1-0.
What....wait....why the....how....
Is that possible, you ask? Easy. Get on base and advance to second via an error, advance to third by another error and hit the ever-thrilling sacrifice fly and, presto, that's how you score a run.
And that's all the Dodgers had to do tonight to beat the Halos.
But it's not officially a no-hitter in the record books, either. Why? Because a no-hitter has to be a complete game by one pitcher, not two.
If memory serves, one of the more famous combined no hitters occurred during the Oakland A's dynasty of the early 1970s during a playoff series. And again, if memory serves, they won that game. Unlike the Angels tonight.
So while this combined no-no is a pretty rare and special event, it's still a Big L.
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You can not win if you do n... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Imhotep | June 29, 2008 9:08 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You can not win if you do not score. I don't know if Yogi said that, but it seems to be true.
1. Posted by Imhotep | June 29, 2008 9:08 AM |
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Posted on June 29, 2008 09:08
2. Posted by Blangs | June 30, 2008 12:19 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Actually, it's that a no-hitter needs to be nine innings. The Angels hurlers only threw eight.
2. Posted by Blangs | June 30, 2008 12:19 AM |
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Posted on June 30, 2008 00:19
3. Posted by Peter F. | June 30, 2008 3:09 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Actually, it's that a no-hitter needs to be nine innings. The Angels hurlers only threw eight.
Nope. Sorry, you're wrong. The Angels threw 9.
3. Posted by Peter F. | June 30, 2008 3:09 PM |
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Posted on June 30, 2008 15:09
4. Posted by bfgg | July 25, 2008 12:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A no-hitter can be combined, Ex: Babe ruth walked the leadoff batter back in the early 1900's but got ejected for socking the home plate umpire. another pitcher retired the next 27 in a row for a comined no-hitter. By definiton a no-hitter is when a pither throws nine innings and does not let up a hit.
4. Posted by bfgg | July 25, 2008 12:59 AM |
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Posted on July 25, 2008 00:59