Thursday, July 3, 2014

Chicago Cubs have gone longest since being no-hit

The San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies and Philadelphia Phillies have had no-hitters pitched against them this baseball season. Tim Lincecum of the Giants no-hit the Padres, and Los Angeles Dodgers teammates Josh Beckett and Clayton Kershaw no-hit the Phillies and Rockies, respectively.
Twelve of the 30 major-league teams have been no-hit since 2012.
The Chicago Cubs have not been no-hit since Sept. 10, 1965, the longest no-hitter "drought" in the big leagues, according to baseball-reference.com. The Dodgers' Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game against the Cubs that day.
The Cincinnati Reds have the second-longest no no-hitter streak. The Reds haven't been victimized since manager Sparky Anderson's crew was no-hit by the Phillies' Rick Wise on June 23, 1971.

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Tigers continue battles with Ohio teams

Justin Verlander is scheduled to pitch Saturday against the Reds.
Having just lost two of three games to the Cleveland Indians, the Detroit Tigers head for Cincinnati this weekend for another battle with a team from Ohio and a three-game interleague set against the Reds.
It's a rematch of the 1940 World Series, not that many Tigers or Reds fans remember Cincinnati's seven-game victory over Hank Greenberg, Rudy York and Detroit.
Rick Porcello, Justin Verlander and Drew Smyly are manager Jim Leyland's probable pitchers for the series.
Porcello is 6-3 in interleague decisions; Verlander has a personal three-game losing streak he'd like to squelch and Smyly will face the Reds in a Sunday night match-up.
Cincinnati is expected to counter with a trio of right-handers: Bronson Arroyo, Homer Bailey and Mat Latos. Arroyo has a 3.91 ERA; Bailey and Latos check in with ERAs over 4.00.

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