Did you know there were combined no-hitters on back to back days? It's true. Tigres del Licey used 5 pitchers to no-hit Toros del Este on November 1st in LIDOM. It was only the 10th no hitter in LIDOM history, fwiw.
Former Texas Ranger/Cincinnati Red Lisalvero Bonilla started the game for Licey, pitched an inning with a walk and 2 K, and then didn't return due to a cramp. He was replaced by Elniery García who hurled 5 perfect innings (7K) and then three relievers closed it out with 39 year old Jairo Asencio picking up the save. The only baserunner was the courtesy of the first inning walk by Bonilla.
Notable: Licey is in first place, Toros are in last. Toros had fired their manager a few games earlier and the team responded by ending a 5 game losing streak. The no-no immediately followed that victory, they've now lost two in a row, and they haven't scored a run in 21 innings as they sit with a 4-12 record.
Did you know there were combined no-hitters on back to back days? It's true. Tigres del Licey used 5 pitchers to no-hit Toros del Este on November 1st in LIDOM. It was only the 10th no hitter in LIDOM history, fwiw.
Former Texas Ranger/Cincinnati Red Lisalvero Bonilla started the game for Licey, pitched an inning with a walk and 2 K, and then didn't return due to a cramp. He was replaced by Elniery García who hurled 5 perfect innings (7K) and then three relievers closed it out with 39 year old Jairo Asencio picking up the save. The only baserunner was the courtesy of the first inning walk by Bonilla.
Notable: Licey is in first place, Toros are in last. Toros had fired their manager a few games earlier and the team responded by ending a 5 game losing streak. The no-no immediately followed that victory, they've now lost two in a row, and they haven't scored a run in 21 innings as they sit with a 4-12 record.
Great call - I had the same feeling about the meh no-hitter, but couldn't figure out why.
Don Larson - now THAT was an Uber Series No Hitter.