Shhh...Detmers

[rhd]

Detmers w a no-no thru 6 IP. 1 BB 2 Ks. Only 64 pitches.

[rhd]

Intact thru 7 IP. 83 pitches.

[rhd]

Intact thru 8 IP. 94 pitches.

[Pauly]

Brett Phillips on the other hand……lol

[Pauly]

Rendon just hit a HR off Phillips left handed lmao

[rhd]

Still intact w 2 outs in 9th...

[rhd]

He did it!!! 108 pitches and only 2 Ks.

[Pauly]

There it is…congrats!

So I have detmers in two places - started in one and benched in the other…d’oh

[rhd]

The only baserunners were a BB and a safe on error. And 1 runner was erased on a DP so he faced 1 over the minimum.

[Sour Masher]

He did it!!! 108 pitches and only 2 Ks.

Trivia question: what is the lowest K total for a no hitter? And who holds the record. Hint: it is a three way tie.

[Ken]

Trivia question: what is the lowest K total for a no hitter?

Considering all the different K environments baseball has been through I'm going to go with zero and feel confident in that one.

[Sour Masher]

Considering all the different K environments baseball has been through I'm going to go with zero and feel confident in that one.

Yes, it is a three way tie at zero. The most recent one was Ken Holtzman with Chicago. The other two were from way back.

[Ken]

Yes, it is a three way tie at zero. The most recent one was Ken Holtzman with Chicago. The other two were from way back.

Wow, I looked it up now and there is actually potentially a 4th with a neat story behind it too (other than the decapitation by train):

https://www.mlb.com/news/pete-dowling-disputed-1901-no-hitter-now-recognized

[rhd]

Rendon just hit a HR off Phillips left handed lmao

I read this post last night, and I didnt react to it much, probably because the no-hitter was still pending and that was my primary focus. But I'm hearing people talking about this today and I think it is one of the wildest things I can remember in baseball. This is the only time he's batted RHed in a MLB game, altho he apparently does it sometimes during batting practice. I couldnt find out if he ever batted RHed in college or HS.

Interestingly, this is not necessarily the 1st time a non-switch-hitter has hit a HR in a MLB game from the opposite side of the plate. Arguably Ji-Man Choi did it in 2020. Choi, a LHed hitter, hit a HR RHed off of Anthony Kay in 2020, but supposedly he was playing around w becoming a switch-hitter that year before eventually giving this up. A more interesting story is that of Hal Trosky, a slugger from the 30's and 40's. Trosky came to MLB in 1933 and had originally hit RHed but he did it cross-handed, i.e., his left hand was his top hand. He became a LHed hitter at some point but in a game at Fenway Park, after seeing the Green Monster he hit RHed for that game. He hit 2 HRs that game but after the game his manager said he didnt want him hitting RHed ever again. Despite this, in 1935 he batted RHed again (presumably still batting cross-handed) against a LHed pitcher and hit a HR. How in the world can anyone have any success hitting cross handed, much less hit HRs against MLB pitchers?

[Ken]

Despite this, in 1935 he batted RHed again (presumably still batting cross-handed) against a LHed pitcher and hit a HR. How in the world can anyone have any success hitting cross handed, much less hit HRs against MLB pitchers?

I suspect 1935 MLB pitchers don't resemble 2022 MLB pitchers in any meaningful way.