These no-hitters were clinched on walk-offs
Most no-hitters finish with a well-recognized sight, with the pitcher being mobbed by his teammates on the mound in celebration after the ultimate out. But not all no-nos have ended this fashion.
A choose variety of no-hitters in AL/NL historical past have been clinched with the pitcher as a spectator, watching because the offense finishes the feat.
Though it wasn’t an official no-hitter as a result of the sport didn’t go not less than 9 innings, we noticed an instance of this within the first spherical of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, when Puerto Rico tossed eight good frames in opposition to Israel earlier than scoring within the backside of the eighth to notch a “walk-off” victory through mercy rule.
Here’s a take a look at the AL/NL no-hitters which were clinched in walk-off style by the offense.
Traded to Miami within the 12-player blockbuster between the Marlins and Blue Jays that despatched José Reyes, Mark Buehrle and three others to Toronto, Alvarez completed off his first 12 months with the Marlins in fashion, throwing a no-hitter on the ultimate day of the 2013 common season. The sport was nonetheless scoreless when Alvarez accomplished the highest of the ninth inning, however the Marlins loaded the bases within the backside of the body and — with Alvarez standing within the on-deck circle — walked it off on a two-out wild pitch by Tigers reliever Luke Putkonen.
Cordova, then a 25-year-old pitching in his second MLB season, blanked the Astros over the primary 9 innings of this July 1997 sport, however the Pirates had been unable to muster any runs in opposition to Houston starter Chris Holt or reliever Billy Wagner. With Cordova having thrown 121 pitches, the Pirates turned to Rincon within the prime of the tenth and the left-hander tacked on one other hitless body, setting the stage for pinch-hitter Mark Smith to hit a walk-off, three-run homer within the backside of the tenth. Smith’s blast clinched the primary mixed extra-innings no-no in AL/NL historical past.
One of six pitchers to throw a number of no-hitters in the identical 12 months, together with Johnny Vander Meer, Allie Reynolds, Nolan Ryan, Roy Halladay and Max Scherzer, Trucks tossed his first no-no of the 1952 season on this May sport in opposition to the Senators, although it took a walk-off solo homer from Vic Wertz with two outs within the ninth inning to clinch the feat. The Tigers additionally mustered just one run in Trucks’ second no-hitter, which got here on Aug. 25 in opposition to the Yankees, however they scored within the prime of the seventh, giving the right-hander an opportunity to finish the historic no-no from the mound this time.
Dick Fowler, Philadelphia Athletics
Sept. 9, 1949, vs. St. Louis Browns
Making his first begin in almost three years after serving within the Canadian Army throughout World War II, Fowler was unhittable in opposition to the Browns in Game 2 of a doubleheader — a mere 4 days after he surrendered 13 hits over seven innings in a reduction look vs. the White Sox. The A’s had been unable to attain in opposition to St. Louis starter Ox Miller via eight innings, however Hal Peck led off the underside of the ninth with a triple and got here residence on Irv Hall’s single one batter later. With that, Fowler grew to become the primary Canadian-born pitcher in AL/NL historical past to throw a no-hitter.
