As I’m sure you’ve all heard, Ervin Santana no hit the Indians yesterday, striking out ten and walking run in a 3-1 victory. There were some interesting little tidbits about this game. None of them are really earth-shattering, but I thought they were at least interesting enough to post about.
NOTE: no-hitters that don’t go nine innings with a loss for the team that doesn’t have any hits aren’t officially recognized as no-hitters by MLB. Sorry, Jered Weaver fans.
-The last no-hitter with a run allowed was Darryl Kile on September 8, 1993. His line was shocking similar to Santana’s: one unearned run, one walk, and nine strikeouts for Kile. Santana had ten.
-Santana’s no-hitter had the highest game score of any where a run was allowed. His game score was 94. The previous high was 93, held by Kile’s 1993 game and a Dazzy Vance no-hitter in 1925 where he also walked one and struck out nine.
-Santana’s ten strikeouts are the highest in a no-hitter since Roy Halladay struck out 11 in his perfect game last year against the Marlins.
-There were 34 no-hitters that had a higher game score than Santana’s 94, but his was the highest since (of course) Halladay’s perfecto, which got a score of 98.
-The 105 pitches Santana threw are the fewest in a no-hitter since Anibal Sanchez threw 103 in 2006 against the Diamondbacks. The last pitcher to throw under 100 pitches in a no-hitter was Derek Lowe in 2002 against the (then) Devil Rays.
-This was the fourth straight no hitter involving an AL Central team. Of the four teams in the division, only the Royals haven’t been involved in one over that stretch (and they’re the worst team of the bunch!)
-This is the eighth no hitter in Angels history, and the first since Mike Witt in 1984. The previous four before Witt were all thrown by Nolan Ryan, in a 25 month span
As I said in the opening, nothing particularly earth-shattering here. Just some cute little tidbits.
