Four Phillies Pitchers No Hit The Braves

Geez it sucks to be a Braves fan this year.

The Philadelphia Phillies used 4-pitchers to throw the first "Multi-Pitcher" no-hitter since 2012, beating the usually hapless Atlanta Braves 7-0 Monday afternoon.

Cole Hamels, Jake Dierkman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon are your pitchers of record as the Phillies just laid one on the Braves who have scored one run in the last 3 games---total.

Hamels was not sharp, walking 5 in 6 innings along with hitting a batter. But he struck out 7 as the punchless Braves continued their pathetic performance of hitting with runners in scoring position.

All-in-all, the Phillies foursome combined to strike out 12 Atlanta hitters.

Marlon Byrd robbing the Braves Chris Johnson of a hit here in the 3rd was perhaps the closest the Braves came to getting a hit all day.

Thanks MLB.com (we'll try adding more, when highlights available)

Clayton Kershaw Throw's A No-Hitter That's Close To Perfection

The best pitcher in baseball threw his first no hitter.
 

 Wednesday night Clayton Kesrshaw dominated the Colorado Rockies striking out 15 on 107 pitches and no walks.

Why no perfect game for Kershaw, Hanley Ramirez committed a throwing error in the seventh inning.

"I will remember this for the rest of my life." Kershaw said.

The thing about it, all the guys sit and watch, and you listen to them and they say nobody deserves this more than him" Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said.   "He works hard every day. He does everything right. He's a great teammate. The two Cy Youngs don't even get in the way. It's just so nice to watch someone like that get it."

As far as individual games go this is pretty special." Kershaw said. "

Don't know if this will ever sink in. What an amazing night. Thankful to celebrate with the fans in LA.
— Clayton Kershaw (@ClaytonKersh22) June 19, 2014

This: LSU Baseball beats NW State 27-0 on No Hitter

((ht: theadvocate.com))

Yikes! Don't they have a mercy rule in College Baseball?

The LSU Tigers annihilated Northwestern State 27-0 in a game called in the bottom of the 6th inning due to lightning.

The game featured 2 Grand Slams HR's and 5 Tiger pitchers giving up 0 hits to the Demons.

According to the Baton Rouge Advocate, the win was the largest in LSU Baseball history--and that the program dates back to 1893.

And in case you are wondering, Northwestern State isn't a terrible team, they came into the game with a 30-21 record on the season.

Thankfully a thunderstorm rolled in and put an end to the game which started an hour late due to the weather and was delayed in the 3rd inning. The final straw was lightning in the area just before 10:30 p.m central time.

The win put the tigers at 37-14 on the season and sets them up for the SEC baseball tourney which begins next week.

WAFB-TV gives us the highlights:

WAFB 9 News Baton Rouge, Louisiana News, Weather, Sports

Michael Wacha Earns A Starting Spot...???

((HT: MLB))

If, by going 8-and-2-thirds innings of no hit ball against the Nationals, he solidified his space... then, he solidified his space...

Here's Ryan Zimmerman causing all the fans in St. Louis to sit down...


Gotta love Mike Shannon's call- as always...
Adams WAS pulled off the bag, so it could have gone either way...

ICYMI: Lincecum Throws No-Hitter

If you live on the East Coast, there is a good chance you missed San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum salvage what has been according to most people a horrible season.

Lincecum threw a 148 pitch, 9 inning no-hitter leading the Giants to a 9-0 win over the San Diego Padres late Saturday night.

Yes, he threw 148 pitches. He also struck out 13 and walked 4.

"I think I was pretty loose and fluid the whole game." Lincecum said.  "I didn't feel fatigued one bit, not any more than I usually do in these games."

"He had that eye-of-the-tiger look," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "Good for Timmy. He's had to deal with a lot for a couple of years. Now he's part of history. I couldn't be happier for him."

By most experts opinion, Lincecum supposedly had his best days behind him. He's struggled all season to find velocity, location and his old mojo of 5-years ago. The win got him to a 5-9 record with a 4.26 ERA on the season. And no, those aren't stellar numbers.

Your highlights:

DEVELOPING: Homer Bailey's 2nd No-No Vs. Giants

After throwing a no-hitter last season, Cincinnati Reds starter Homer Bailey has found a way to follow up the performance...

With his second no-hitter...

His ninth inning went fairly quietly... Brandon Crawford was retired on a comebacker, Tony Abreu was struck out on a 97 Miles Per Hour fastball and Gregor Blanco was retired 5-3 for the last out of the game...
((HT: MLB Network))


Which, then led to this after the game during his postgame interview...
Like no one could see this coming...


Blanco broke up Bailey's perfect game in the 7th inning with a leadoff walk, but was retired on a fielder's choice for the final out of the inning. The 8th was pretty tame as well with a Hunter Pence pop up, a Brandon Bell fly out, and an Andres Torres line out to center...

More when we know more...