My first No-Hitter - and it's in the Postseason!

[daenius]

Well, I finally did it.

After flirting with multiple perfect games with C.C. during the course of the season and always giving up a hit in either the 7th or 8th inning, I finally got a no-hitter with.............................................. ............................

No, not C.C. Sabathia - Hiroki Kuroda.

And he got it in Game 2 of the ALCS against the Rangers, making him only the 3rd pitcher in the history of baseball to record a no-hitter in the postseason. I still can't believe it...

Took a perfect game into the 8th and with 1 out, Beltre grounds one towards short and Jeter of all people botches the throw and Tex has to step off first to catch the ball.

Top of the 9th with 2 outs and Andrus draws a walk after Kuroda missed with 3 straight after a 1-1 count. That was the time when I started sweating a little as I had Michael Young up next with Hamilton on deck.

Thankfully, Young grounded a 2-1 fastball to Jeter and the captain made up for his botched throw by sealing the no-hitter with a routine throw to 1st.

Here's a little video I made of the final celebrations, I didn't record the last couple of outs since both times I was nearing a perfect game and started recording I immediately gave up a hit, so there was no way I was going to jinx it this time around

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And here's the linescore:

[beantownbruins]

Re: My first No-Hitter - and it's in the Postseason!

Congrats man! To do it against the Rangers is really impressive! Unfortunately it was done in those ugly pinstrips.:wink:

[loogs]

Re: My first No-Hitter - and it's in the Postseason!

Nice job. ive only done it once. it was so nerve wrecking and it was in the regular season. i did it in the show 08

[Spring Rubber]

Re: My first No-Hitter - and it's in the Postseason!

You're a real Roy Halladay!

[NAFBUC]

Re: My first No-Hitter - and it's in the Postseason!

Great game! Thanks for the video and screenshots, some posters claim they throw a nohitter or perfect game without any documentation.

I remember Russell Martin, the Yankees catcher, stating during a interview in spring training that Kuroda had the demeanor and pitch types to throw a nohitter or perfect game.

[deputydon]

Re: My first No-Hitter - and it's in the Postseason!

I've thrown a no hitter once in The Show 11 and once in 12. Both times it was with Josh Tomlin of the Cleveland Indians. I always found it interesting since he has always been a C level potential, yet whenever I would sim a season he won the Cy Young the first two years in a row in MLB 11. Almost like he has a stat glitch or something. To be fair though, in real life Tomlin had a pretty darn good 2011 season. Too bad he's terrible this year so far.

[daenius]

Re: My first No-Hitter - and it's in the Postseason!

I remember Russell Martin, the Yankees catcher, stating during a interview in spring training that Kuroda had the demeanor and pitch types to throw a nohitter or perfect game.

I absolutely agree. Kuroda's a pure location pitcher, obviously he's gonna have good and bad days. But on a good day, I think he definitely has the stuff to throw a no-hitter or a perfecto. His home debut against the Angels (5H, 2BB, 6K over 8 innings) only undermined that.

[Marino]

Well speaking of no hitters, I just threw one in my fantasy draft franchise with Matt Cain on Opening Day. He was at 80 pitches by 5 innings, but some how I managed to get him through.

First since MVP 2005!

[jvalverde88]

Re: My first No-Hitter - and it's in the Postseason!

Nice job. ive only done it once. it was so nerve wrecking and it was in the regular season. i did it in the show 08
*pics*

You should get a medal just for pitching a good game with Perez.

[Seltaeb9091]

Re: My first No-Hitter - and it's in the Postseason!

The only way I can top that is that I can lay claim to winning a World Series with a perfect game... the current main drawback, if you can call it that, is that it was on the PS2 version of MLB 08.

After six perfect innings, I decided to hook up my USB capture device to my computer to record the rest of the game. Had to do some clever editing to trim the thing down to YouTube's then 10 minute limit...

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I was wondering which commentary would take precedence at the end of the game, the perfect game or the Series win. They talked about the Series.

It's funny to look back at how far this game has come since the previous generation... and remembering Rex Hudler's contributions.

Oh, and congrats on the no-no, daenius! Feels good, doesn't it?