PITTSBURGH (AP) Homer Bailey belonging to the Cincinnati Reds used your season's seventh no-hitter, winning over the particular Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 with Friday night.
The seven no-hitters suits the present day report to get most within a season, tying 1990 in addition to 1991. There had been tendencies no-hitters with 1884.
The past no-hitter for that Reds was a perfect adventure by Tom Browning about Sept. 16, 1988. This seemed to be this 15th no-hitter in Reds history.
Bailey (13-10) stepped just one along with struck out and about 10. He threw 115 pitches plus retired along side it if you want within the ninth, striking released pinch-hitter Brock Holt then getting pinch-hitter Michael McKenry and also Alex Presley to both undo out.
When Presley's popup appeared to be captured by following baseman Brandon Phillips, Bailey appeared to be mobbed in the vicinity of the mound simply by teammates which doused your pet together with water.
The 26-year-old Bailey increased to be able to 5-0 with their six vocation will begin together with some sort of 1.19 ERA at PNC Park. All several of his total games and also the two his shutouts have take place against Pittsburgh.
Cincinnati, that clinched this NL Central name previous Saturday, improved to 95-62. The Reds accessed the day one adventure lurking behind Washington (95-61) with regard to best record inside NL.
The additional no-hitters this time of year were: the actual Chicago White Sox's Philip Humber, that Los Angeles Angels' Jered Weaver, the New York Mets' Johan Santana, San Francisco's Matt Cain, Seattle's Felix Hernandez and a blended six-pitcher effort with the Mariners. Humber, Cain along with Hernandez every experienced an appropriate game.
Pittsburgh (76-81) manufactured its own little bit of story since it seemed to be almost guaranteed of any 20 th consecutive non-winning period when using the loss, stretching its major North American professional activities record.
Bailey out of production the best six batters ahead of third baseman Scott Rolen never manage Clint Barmes' soil tennis ball primary off the next inning pertaining to a strong error. Bailey after that arranged straight down tough luck directly until eventually running Andrew McCutchen using one particular available inside the seventh when clinging towards the one-run lead.
McCutchen stole second although subsequently was placed out there by way of catcher Ryan Hanigan trying to gain access to third. Garrett Jones flied out into the warning track throughout right field to be able to stop the inning.
Cincinnati were required to produce only one above-average protective perform guiding Bailey. Left fielder Todd Frazier went decrease Presley's flare towards the actual break down line to absolve the next inning. With your Reds utilizing your shift, left-handed Pedro Alvarez lined out to be able to Rolen primary from the eighth.
A.J. Burnett (16-9) allowed one run and also eight sinks into with eight innings using personal training strikeouts your decide one walk.
The Reds have scored the game's lone operate while in the first inning about Frazier's sacrifice fly right after launching the bases without any outs on singles by means of Phillips in addition to Zach Cozart including a walk to Joey Votto.
Phillips, Cozart as well as Rolen just about all had a pair of hits.
The damage continued the actual Pirates' all downhill spiral. They possess absent 13-36 seeing that moving your season-high 16 mmorpgs through .500 on Aug. 8 with a 63-47 record.
It has been once Pittsburgh have been no-hit because Hall associated with Famer Bob Gibson pitched the solitary no-hitter involving his / her career throughout 1971.
NOTES: Cincinnati counter private coach Chris Speier claimed he / she have some sort of cell phone conversation Friday with Dusty Baker, having overlooked one more eight adventures when retrieving from the mini-stroke, along with the veteran manager "is feeling very, very great and looking towards getting back." Baker is definitely timetabled to rejoin the Reds about Monday evening any time they amenable a three-game series with St. Louis to finish the off the shelf season. . Pittsburgh 2B Neil Walker will neglect others belonging to the months for the reason that of lower back tenderness that will possesses constrained the pup to be able to simply just tendencies games in September. . Reds LF Ryan Ludwick, who have not so great actions direct games having tightness in his quit groin, is usually supposed to return to the lineup Sunday. . Cincinnati RHP Mike Leake (8-9, 4.73) will experience Pittsburgh RHP Kyle McPherson (0-2, 3.54) on Saturday night.
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