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Throwing a no-hitter is rare and considered an extraordinary accomplishment for a pitcher or pitching staff.
If the pitcher allows no runners to reach base, the no-hitter is a perfect game.
Highlights of the year included Paul Molitor's 39-game hitting streak and what is still the only no-hitter in team history, pitched by Juan Nieves on April 15.
It is Koufax's fourth no-hitter in as many seasons.
He is one of only seven pitchers to throw both a perfect game and an additional no-hitter, the others being Randy Johnson, Sandy Koufax, Addie Joss, Cy Young, Mark Buehrle, and fellow Phillie Roy Halladay, whose additional no-hitter came in Game 1 of the 2010 National League Division Series.
He is also one of only five players to throw a no-hitter in both leagues, the others being Young, Johnson, Nolan Ryan and Hideo Nomo.
It is the summer destination for such famous people as Jim Abbott ( a one-handed major league pitcher famous for throwing a no-hitter for the New York Yankees ) and Bob Seger, a singer who sung number 1 song on the Billboard charts, Shakedown, from 1987.
The no-hitter is the first for the Red Sox since 1923.
" Baseball's most common " jinx " belief is that talking about a pitcher's ongoing no-hitter will cause it to be ended.
In baseball, a no-hitter ( also known as a no-hit game and colloquially as a no-no ) is a game in which a team was not able to record a single hit.
A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have " thrown a no-hitter ".
Most of the time, a no-hitter is also a shutout.
However, as it is possible to reach base without a hit ( most commonly via a walk, error, or hit batsman ), a pitcher can throw a no-hitter and still give up runs, and even lose the game, although this is extremely uncommon.
A no-hitter is defined by Major League Baseball as follows: " An official no-hit game occurs when a pitcher ( or pitchers ) allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings.
The second-longest streak without having an official no-hitter pitched against them is held by the New York Yankees, who had a gap of between nine-inning no-hitters from September 21, 1958 to June 10, 2003.
Forbes Field, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates from the middle of the 1909 season until the middle of the 1970 season, is the only long-term home field where a no-hitter was never thrown during its existence.
In both parks, the only pitcher to throw a no-hitter is Hideo Nomo.
One of the most common baseball superstitions is that it is bad luck to mention a no-hitter in progress, especially to the pitcher and in particular by their teammates ( who sometimes even go so far as to not even be near the pitcher ).
On August 26 of that year, he no-hit the Chicago White Sox 7-0 at Royals Stadium ; to date, the no-hitter is the last thrown by a Royal.
This is the only no-hitter to be thrown on Opening Day in major league history.
" The no-hitter on opening day in Chicago is the one that gets all the attention.

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The Astros subsequently were victims of a no-hitter by Carlos Zambrano and recorded a single hit in the following game.
Feller, who had pitched a no-hitter to open the season and won 27 games, lost the final game of the season to unknown pitcher Floyd Giebell of the Detroit Tigers.
On September 14, in a game moved to Miller Park due to Hurricane Ike, Zambrano pitched a no-hitter against the Astros, and six days later the team clinched by beating St. Louis at Wrigley.
On September 18, 1897, Young pitched the first no-hitter of his career in a game against the Cincinnati Reds.
In another game one month before his no-hitter, he allowed just one single while facing 28 batters.
Wilson's no-hitter lit the Astros ' fire and six days later the team tied a major league record by turning seven double plays in a game.
1976 saw the end of Larry Dierker's playing career as an Astro, but before it was all over he would throw a no-hitter and win the 1, 000th game in the Astrodome.
The season started with a boost from pitcher Ken Forsch, who threw a no-hitter the Braves the second game of the season.
Mike Scott took the mound in the final game of the series and pitched a no-hitter-the only time in MLB history that any division was clinched via a no-hitter.
Yount later recalled at a Brewers banquet that he did not have to dive to catch the line drive hit by Murray but figured ending the game with a diving catch would be the icing on the cake for Nieves ' no-hitter.
Similarly, the ace of the 1986 team, Dwight Gooden, threw his no-hitter for the Yankees ( in 1996 ), and David Cone, who starred for the Mets from 1987 – 1992, threw a perfect game later in his career, also as a Yankee.
Still Santana stayed in the game and with the help of a few great defensive plays as well as a controversial call of a foul ball, pulled off the first no-hitter in Mets history.
The first no-hitter in postseason history was New York Yankee pitcher Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.
A seventh inning lead-off double by Seattle's Al Martin was all that prevented Clemens from throwing just the second no-hitter in postseason history ( Yankee Don Larsen threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series ).
Sánchez issued no walks ( the only runner reached on an error by third baseman Juan Uribe ) and struck out a career-high eleven hitters in the game, which was also his first major league complete game and shutout and the first no-hitter ever thrown at AT & T Park.
On April 23, 1964, in the top of the ninth inning of a scoreless game in Colt Stadium, Rose reached first base on an error and scored on another error to make Houston Astros Ken Johnson the first pitcher to lose a complete game no-hitter.
Afterward, before his game, Fernando said to his teammates, " You just saw a no-hitter on TV, now you will see one in person.
Once recognized as a perfect game by Major League Baseball, this still counts as a combined no-hitter.
Wiltse pitched on, winning 1 – 0 ; his ten-inning no-hitter set a record for longest complete game no-hitter that has been tied twice but never broken.

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Three months past his 41st birthday, Cy Young was the oldest pitcher to record a no-hitter, a record which would stand 82 years until 43-year-old Nolan Ryan surpassed the feat.
innings, Brad Lidge pitched 2 innings, Octavio Dotel pitched 1 inning in which he recorded 4 strikeouts and Billy Wagner pitched a perfect 9th to close out a six-pitcher no-hitter that resulted in 13 strikeouts in an 8-0 victory over the New York Yankees.
Gutiérrez's single, off third baseman Kevin Orie's glove, was close enough that some fans lobbied to have it changed in scoring to an error, which would have given Wood a no-hitter.
In one notable moment, Beltran hit a ball that touched the outside part of the foul line but was ruled a foul ball, which led to former teammate, Johan Santana, throwing the first no-hitter in Mets ' history.
After joining the Red Sox in 1908 at the age of 18, Wood had his breakthrough season in 1911 in which he won 23 games, compiled an earned run average of 2. 02, threw a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns and struck out 15 batters in a single game.
Major League Baseball officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine innings recorded no hits.
Gibson lost five 1-0 games, one of which was to San Francisco Giants pitcher Gaylord Perry's no-hitter on September 17.
His second no-hitter, on September 28, 1951, was an 8 – 0 defeat of the Boston Red Sox which allowed the Yankees to clinch at least a tie of the American League pennant.
Lyons pitched a no-hitter on August 21,, which took just 67 minutes to complete.
The no-hitter was the first for a Red Sox pitcher since Howard Ehmke in 1923, though this would prove the final highlight of his career, which would come to a premature end after the 1956 season, due to a torn muscle in his pitching arm.
In addition, he was on the team which won the " Outstanding Live Sports Coverage-Single Program " New York Emmy for covering Dwight Gooden's no-hitter on May 14, 1996 and David Wells ' perfect game on May 17, 1998.
On July 1, 1990, Scott was the home plate umpire as Andy Hawkins of the New York Yankees pitched eight hitless innings in a road game against the Chicago White Sox, yet lost ; it was only the second game in history in which a pitcher lost a complete game no-hitter.
Five days prior to Verlander's no-hitter, Scott was also at first base in a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics in which Boston pitcher Curt Schilling had a no-hitter until Shannon Stewart broke up the no-hitter with a single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Pérez was frequently praised for his defensive skills ; among other achievements he won a Gold Glove in 2000 and turned a double play in 2007 which saved Justin Verlander's no-hitter.
With changes to the scoring rules in recent years, this game is no longer considered as a no-hitter for Vaughn ; but it is still the only occasion in major league history in which a regulation nine innings was played without either team logging a hit.
On August 19, 1969, he pitched his first no-hitter at Wrigley Field against the eventual Western Division champion Atlanta Braves, winning 3 – 0 on Ron Santo's 3-run home run and outdueling the Braves ' Phil Niekro ; Holtzman notably had no strikeouts in his gem, which was the first no-hitter ever thrown by a Cub left-hander at Wrigley Field.
Osterman became the first UT freshman to be named Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week, for the week of February 19, a week in which she threw two no-hitters ( a 3-0 win over the University of Utah on February 13 and a 4-0 win over Southwest Texas on February 15 ); they were only the third and fourth no-hitters by a UT freshman, and Cat became only the second Longhorns pitcher to throw a no-hitter, along with Natalie King's two freshman no-hitters in 2001 ).
Maloney's first official no-hitter came on August 19, 1965, against the Chicago Cubs, which he won 1-0.

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