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Chris Heston was the latest San Francisco Giants pitcher to throw a no-hitter during Tuesday’s 5-0 win over the Mets. In all, Heston struck out 11 batters and walked none on 110 pitches—but hit three, making us seriously question whether the term “no-hitter” really applies here. (On a related matter, we’ll take “Odd Baseball Stats For $800”, Alex.)
In any case, as Randy Scott of ESPN noted on Twitter, Heston is the fourth Giants pitcher to throw a no-hitter in four years (Tim Lincecum threw two in 2013 and ’14 and Matt Cain threw a perfect game in ’12). He’s the 17th Giants pitcher of all time to throw a no-hitter and the 22nd rookie in the modern era to do it. You can watch Heston’s final out of the game in the video at the top of the post.
Chris Heston:
17th no-hitter in #Giants history.
Fourth in the last four seasons.
22nd MLB rookie in the modern era to do it.— Randy Scott (@RandyScottESPN) June 10, 2015
(Via ESPN / MLB / Xfinity Sports)