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May 19, 2008
Tidbits in the wake of Jon Lester's no-hitter . . .
No-hit flood
After going 35 1/2 years between no-hitters -- from Dave Morehead against the Indians at Fenway Park on Sept. 16, 1965, to Hideo Nomo against the Orioles in Baltimore on April 4, 2001 -- the Red Sox have now thrown four in the last eight seasons:
-- Nomo vs. the Orioles
-- Derek Lowe vs. the Devil Rays (and, yes, they were still devilish back then) at Fenway Park in a 10-0 win on April 27, 2002
-- Clay Buchholz vs. the Orioles at Fenway in a 10-0 win on Sept. 1, 2007
-- Jon Lester vs. the Royals at Fenway in a 7-0 win on May 19, 2008
Even more history
Jason Varitek was behind the plate for all four no-hitters and has tied Ray Schalk of the White Sox for most no-hitters caught by a catcher. Schalk -- one of the clean members of the Black Sox team that threw the 1919 World Series -- caught two in 1914 and one each in 1917 and 1922.
They're number one
The Red Sox now have 19 no-hitters in their history, the most of any American League franchise.
Same same
Both Buchholz and Lester closed out their no-hitters with strikeouts. Buchholz' was called, Lester's was swinging.
Game night
Get the box score here and the play-by-play here. (Both via Projo Stats)
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