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Late No-Hit Notes, Sept. 1

Clay Buchholz became the first Red Sox rookie to throw a no-hitter and just the 20th rookie in big-league history to throw a no-hitter.

The last rookie to accomplish the feat was Florida's Anibel Sanchez on Sept. 6 last year. Sanchez had been traded by the Sox' organization to the Marlins as part of the deal that brought Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell to Boston. The last American League rookie to toss a no-hitter was the White Sox' Wilson Alvarez on Aug. 11, 1991, also against Baltimore.

Buchholz is just the third pitcher since 1900 to throw a no-hitter in either his first or second big-league start. The St. Louis Browns' Bobo Holoman hurled one in his first start on May 6, 1953. Alvarez's no-hitter came in his second start.

It was the Sox' first official no-hitter since Derek Lowe's gem at Fenway Park against the Devil Rays on April 27, 2002. Devern Hansack threw a rain-shortened five-inning no-hitter, also against the Orioles, on the final day of last season.

Buchholz tossed the third no-hitter in the majors this year. Chicago's Mark Buehrle no-hit Texas on April 18 and Detroit's Justin Verlander held Milwaukee without a hit on June 12.

Three of the Sox' last four no-hitters have come at the expense of the Orioles. In addition to Buchholz and Hansack, Hideo Nomo threw a no-hitter against Baltimore, in Camden Yards, on April 4, 2001.


-- Steven Krasner

Posted by Steven Krasner  at 11:37 PM | Permalink