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No-no for Liriano as Twins top White Sox
AP ^ | May 3, 2011

Posted on 05/03/2011 7:57:18 PM PDT by Hunton Peck

CHICAGO (AP) -- Francisco Liriano pitched the major league's first no-hitter of the season, throwing his first career complete game in the Minnesota Twins' 1-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.

Liriano (2-4) walked six and struck out two, throwing 123 pitches in the 95th major league start for the 27-year-old left-hander.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxsportsnorth.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: baseball; liriano; minnesotatwins; nohitter
Liriano had an ERA of 9.13 amd a 1-4 record coming into this game.
1 posted on 05/03/2011 7:57:22 PM PDT by Hunton Peck
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To: Hunton Peck
Francisco Liriano pitched the major league's first no-hitter of the season.....

Is Obama gonna take credit for that too?

2 posted on 05/03/2011 8:00:49 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: MplsSteve

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3 posted on 05/03/2011 8:00:56 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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4 posted on 05/03/2011 8:02:58 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Hunton Peck
"walked six and struck out two"

That's one of the luckier nonos I've heard of in awhile.

Congrats nevertheless.

5 posted on 05/03/2011 8:04:16 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: hole_n_one

“Is Obama gonna take credit for that too?”

Maybe he directed Chicago not to offer any resistance.


6 posted on 05/03/2011 8:04:44 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: Hunton Peck

PTL and Woo Hoo Twinkies!!


7 posted on 05/03/2011 8:05:49 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: Hunton Peck

finally a ray of hope...

Gardy is pretty PO’d lately.


8 posted on 05/03/2011 8:07:16 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: Mariner
Andy Hawkins of the Yankees pitched a "no-hitter" back in 1990 in a game he lost by a 4-0 score on several walks and a couple of huge errors. Major League Baseball ended up taking the no-hitter away from him some years later when they went back and purged the record books of any no-hitters where the pitcher didn't pitch a full nine-inning game.

Most of those purged from the record books were rain-shortened games. Hawkins lost his because the Yankees were the visiting team that game, and their opponent didn't have to bat in the ninth inning. LOL.

9 posted on 05/03/2011 8:21:52 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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To: Mariner
That's one of the luckier nonos I've heard of in awhile.

Was bailed out by great defense and double plays all game long.

First thing the Twins have done well all season. They have been positively putrid.

10 posted on 05/03/2011 8:34:49 PM PDT by Minn
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To: Hunton Peck

Remember last year when that Tigers’ pitcher threw a complete game only to see the umpire completely blow the call?


11 posted on 05/03/2011 8:34:55 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Governor Sarah Heath Palin for President of the United States in 2012)
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To: Hunton Peck

I’m a Twins fan, but I have to admit that was a bad call in the 8th, and he should have given up at least one hit.


12 posted on 05/03/2011 8:36:04 PM PDT by Kleon
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

...Galarraga was tooled.


13 posted on 05/03/2011 8:40:44 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery, IXNAY THE TSA!)
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To: Kleon

It was a bad call, but should’ve been scored as an error, not a hit.


14 posted on 05/03/2011 8:45:50 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Oh, yeah. That was downright tragic — well, in sports terms, anyway.


15 posted on 05/03/2011 8:47:32 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: Mariner
Edwin Jackson, Liriano’s counterpart tonight, walked eight batters, struck out six and threw almost 150 pitches during his no-hitter against the Rays last year.
16 posted on 05/03/2011 8:56:35 PM PDT by JoeDonnellymakesmepuke
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To: Hunton Peck
"Liriano had an ERA of 9.13 amd a 1-4 record coming into this game. "

Yep, he has been having a downright horrible year. And I heard rumors that his place as a starter was in jeopardy coming into tonight's game. Couldn't have come a better time for him.

Now if he and the rest of the team could build a little consistency on this win there may be hope.

17 posted on 05/03/2011 9:27:37 PM PDT by voteNRA (A citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized)
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To: hole_n_one

Nah.... The White Sox lost.


18 posted on 05/03/2011 9:29:32 PM PDT by onedoug (If)
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To: Dengar01

Ugh.


19 posted on 05/04/2011 6:08:35 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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