Posted on 05/19/2008 6:36:42 PM PDT by dancusa
Jon Lester, a 24 year left handed old cancer defeator, just pitched a no-hitter against the Kansas city Royals. Red Sox win 7-0.
Fantastic
Just saw that Lester is the first BoSox southpaw to pitch a no hitter since 1956. Pretty impressive...
NICE!!
credit when due.....congrats Jon Lester
Lester had 9 strikeouts , 2 walks and 130 pitches.
No hitters are always cool no matter who does it but I prefer the youngsters.
Great story. Overcomes cancer. Pitches game seven of the World Series. Pitches no-hitter.
The kids got stuff. Gonna be a good one.
Red Sox staff...two no hitters in the last two years by pitchers under 25. Enough to make Yank-off fans cringe.
BTTT
Thats not true. Clay Buckholtz did it last season.
Redsox.com
Not only was this Lester’s first no-hitter, but it was also his first complete game.
And it was the second no-hitter in as many seasons for the Sox. Clay Buchholz, a product of the Red Sox’s farm system just like Lester, did the honors last Sept. 1 against the Orioles.
The Red Sox have had four no-hitters in the 21st century. Hideo Nomo threw one in Baltimore in 2001, and Derek Lowe no-hit the Rays in ‘02. Of those four no-hitters, only Nomo’s took place away from Fenway Park.
Mel Parnell was the last Red Sox lefty to pitch a no-hitter(1956).
He's a right handed pitcher.
Clay Buchholz is a righty.
Before Parnell, only Dutch Leonard and Jesse Tannehill were the only Red Sox lefties to pitch no-hitters.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| KAN (21-23) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BOS (28-19) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| W: | J. Lester (3-2) |
| L: | L. Hochevar (3-3) |
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
| D DeJesus CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 | |
| M Grudzielanek 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .323 | |
| A Callaspo 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 | |
| A Gordon 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | |
| J Guillen DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .241 | |
| B Butler 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .276 | |
| M Olivo C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .274 | |
| M Teahen RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 | |
| E German LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .103 | |
| T Pena SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .169 | |
| Totals | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | ||
| BATTING Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Callaspo 1, M Teahen 1 Team LOB: 2 |
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| FIELDING E: M Grudzielanek (2, pop up) DP: 3 (A Gordon-M Grudzielanek-B Butler 2, T Pena-M Grudzielanek-B Butler). |
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ESPN showed the ending of that game here, always great to see. The announcers made almost as much noise as the BoSox fans.
when I went back to read the statement that it was the first lefty since 56’, I realized that I was mistaken.
I stand corrected.
Good for him. They showed the top of the 9th on ESPN.
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