The San Diego Padres recorded their first no-hitter after 53 years.
Joe Musgrove had ten casualties and allowed only one baserunner – a hit of the pitch for Joey Gallo – to record the franchise and his first non-hit Friday night.
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“It’s great to have it in a Padres uniform,” said Musgrove, who grew up in El Cajon near San Diego. “To have it as the first in the history of the franchise, it’s incredible.”
Musgrove threw 112 spots, 77 for strikes, in the 3-0 victory over the Texas Rangers. Musgrove was possibly taken out of the game to save his arm for later in the season. But the pitcher said he would not leave after the game.
“I did not come out of that game. I knew that, after giving up the hit, I expected it to be my night, and I would do well,” he said. “I was just so locked up. I did not intend to leave the game. ‘
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Padre manager Jayce Tingler said he knows what’s at stake.
“I think in a way that, if it can be sweeter and special to him, to raise it in San Diego and it’s his team, it’s about the perfect story that was written,” Tingler said.
Musgrove, who joined the Padres in the off-season, first made his second start at the club.
Manny Machado and Wil Myers each had RBIs in the game. Two of San Diego’s three runs were scored in the second innings. Myers’ RBI scored Eric Hosmer and then Myers scored after a foul on a ball hit by Tommy Pham.
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Musgrove is responsible for the first no-hitter this season and the second full game by a pitcher this season. He is also the 308th no-hitter in Major League Baseball history.