NoHitter

In the early days of baseball, the sport was mostly a test of hitting, fielding and base running. The pitcher was merely the fielder in the middle of the diamond who tossed the ball underhand — as if pitching a horseshoe — to home plate.In…

MINNEAPOLIS — Patrick Sandoval softly smiled and waved his glove, his forceful stare and heavy breaths suddenly replaced by a soft chuckle and reluctant peace.The last two years, the Angels left-handed pitcher struggled in abbreviated big…

Walker Buehler sauntered off the mound at Chase Field, home of the worst team in major league baseball, on Saturday night to a standing ovation. The raucous cheers came from the masses of Dodger blue that infiltrated the desert for the road…

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Three innings into his start on Tuesday, his first since tossing a no-hitter, Corey Kluber exited with tightness in his throwing shoulder. A day later, Yankees Manager Aaron Boone said that Kluber will miss at least two months because of a…

Yet while pitching may be morphing into science more than art, the no-hitter remains one of baseball’s quirky delights, with no advance warning and no predetermined pedigree for those who pull it off. The feat has eluded some of the game’s…

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SEATTLE — Spencer Turnbull walked out of the bullpen Tuesday night feeling terrible, hoping a shaky pregame warm-up would dissipate once he stepped on the mound.A few hours later, Turnbull was being slammed in the face with a shaving cream…

Turnbull is the first pitcher not named Justin Verlander to throw a no-hitter for Detroit since Jack Morris in 1984. Verlander threw two during his tenure with the Tigers, the last coming on May 7, 2011, in Toronto.A decade later, Turnbull…