May 5: afternoon rubber match in Seattle with Means on the mound

[maybenxtyr]

Man, I can't believe I missed the game. Awesome freaking job Means! Awesome!

[scOtt]

mlb.com FRONT page!

[spiritof66]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Just saw this.

This is the only no-hitter in MLB history in which the only baserunner reached on a dropped third strike.

A little like the 1917 Ernie Shore game:

Boston starting pitcher Babe Ruth became agitated after walking Ray Morgan, Washington’s leadoff hitter; Ruth then confronted umpire Brick Owens about balls and strikes, suffering a swift ejection; Shore entered the game; and, after Morgan was caught stealing on the first pitch, Shore retired the next 26 batters consecutively, resulting in what would, for many years, be considered a perfect game.

[Natty]

First Orioles no hitter in 30 years...

[Yossarian]

14 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

7-8-9 up for the Mariners.  They're probably going to look to spoil this before swinging for the fences.

I was talking about the Orioles hitters.  I should have made that clear.  

[DrungoHazewood]

First solo no hitter by an Oriole in my nearly 50 years and it has to be a weird afternoon game where I have to take the kids to soccer. Missed the whole thing, but awesome job by Means.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

3 minutes ago, Philip said:

Is that good?

Really good and just missed out on a 100 game score which has only happened 16 times in a nine inning game. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_score

[NashLumber]

Maybe it's been posted, but according to Elias, this is the first time in MLB history that a pitcher has thrown a no-hitter with no walks, no HBPs or no errors.

[SteveA]

First solo no hitter for the Orioles since Palmer in '69.   Just the 4th ever (Wilhelm, Phoebus, Palmer, Means).

[HowAboutThat]

Didn’t I predict this back in the fourth inning?

[BohKnowsBmore]

8 minutes ago, waroriole said:

It must suck to have to hug everyone hahaha

Somehow I think he'll manage  

[Aristotelian]

2 minutes ago, NashLumber said:

Maybe it's been posted, but according to Elias, this is the first time in MLB history that a pitcher has thrown a no-hitter with no walks, no HBPs or no errors.

And faced the minimum 27. Hard to get more perfect than that without being perfect.

[Orioles0615]

Ok I don’t care what it’s for do not trade John means 

[Dreadnought]

As an out-of-state fan who goes back, I saw Phoebus pitch the no-hitter on TV vs. Boston;  listened to the Palmer game on the radio while on family vacation somewhere in the U.S.;  did not have access to the combined no-hitter because it was pre-internet.   I believe 1991 was a day game(subject to correction), so out-of-state radio was not available.  Today was good.  

[HowAboutThat]

2 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Really good and just missed out on a 100 game score which has only happened 16 times in a nine inning game. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_score

I know, I was kind of joking...