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Max Scherzer – Fans 17 in second no-hitter, 18 Nationals also go down on strikes.<\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday (October 3, 2015), Nationals\u2019 right-hander Max Scherzer<\/strong> <\/span>(the 2013 Cy Young Award winner \u2013 while with the Tigers) threw his second no-hitter of the 2015 season \u2013 beating the Mets 2-0 (second game of a double header) in New York. Which game it was doesn\u2019t matter, but I seldom get a chance to use the phrase “double header” these days.\u00a0 <\/em>Scherzer is on one of just five pitchers to throw two no-hitters in the same regular season, joining Johnny Vander Meer<\/strong> (Reds-1938), Allie Reynolds<\/strong> (Yankees-1951), Virgil Trucks<\/strong> (Tigers-1952), and Nolan Ryan<\/strong> (Angels-1973), In addition, Roy Halladay<\/strong> threw a regular-season and post-season (NL Division Series) no-hitter for the Phillies in 2010. BBRT Note: Vander Meer\u2019s no-hitters came in consecutive starts, the only consecutive no-hitters by a pitcher in MLB history.<\/em><\/p>\n

In both of his 2015 no-hitters, Scherzer was just one mistake away from a perfect game.<\/strong><\/em> On June 20, Scherzer had a 6-0 lead and a perfect game with two outs in the ninth against the Pirates. He got within one strike of perfection, running up a 2-2 count on pinch hitter Jose Tabata. Tabata then fouled off three pitches before Scherzer hit him on the elbow with a breaking ball. Mad Max retired the next hitter (2B Josh Harrison) to preserve the no-hitter, but that perfect game was oh, so close. There wasn\u2019t as much tension in yesterday\u2019s missed \u201cperfecto.\u201d\u00a0 The only base runner came on a throwing error by National\u2019s 3B Yunel Escobar in the sixth inning. For more from BBRT on near perfect games, click<\/em> here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are a few other stats from Scherzer\u2019s no-hitter against the Mets.<\/p>\n

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Scherzer fanned 17 batters in the game, tying Nolan Ryan<\/strong> for the most strikeouts in a no-no. Ryan walked four in his 17-strikeout no-hitter on July 15, 1973; which also happened to be Ryan’s second no-hitter of the season.<\/li>\n
Scherzer\u2019s 17 strikeouts were the most ever in a no-hitter without a walk. The record had been held by the Dodgers\u2019 Clayton Kershaw<\/strong>, who fanned 15 in a June 18, 2014, no-hitter. The only opposition base runner to reach in Kershaw\u2019s game came on an error by Dodgers\u2019 SS Hanley Ramirez.<\/li>\n
Strikeouts were the name of the game in Scherzer\u2019s no-no. In addition to Scherzer\u2019s 17 punch outs, four Mets\u2019 hurlers combined to whiff 18 Nationals\u2019 batters \u2013 setting a new combined MLB record of 35 strikeouts in a nine-inning game.<\/strong><\/li>\n
Scherzer went one-for-three at the plate (just more on why I hate the DH).<\/li>\n
Scherzer struck out every member of the Mets\u2019 starting nine at least once \u2013 except for pitcher Matt Harvey (who only batted once).<\/li>\n
Scherzer struck out at least one hitter every inning, and appeared to get stronger as the game went on. He fanned nine over the first six innings \u2013 and eight over the final three. (Scherzer threw 109 pitches, 80 for strikes.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Scherzer\u2019s masterpiece was the seventh no-hitter of 2015, one short of the MLB record of eight, set in in 1884 (four in the American Association, two in the Union Association, two in the National League). This season\u2019s seven no-hitters ties the modern era (post-1900) record \u2013 reached in 1990, 1991 and 2012.<\/p>\n
No Hitters in Both Leagues<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Five pitchers have thrown no-hitters in both the NL and AL \u2013 and five catchers have caught no-hitters in both leagues.<\/span><\/p>\n
The Pitchers:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Nolan Ryan<\/strong>: Seven total no-hitters: AL … California Angels (4) and Texas Rangers (2); NL … \u00a0Houston Astros (1)<\/span><\/p>\n
Cy Young:<\/strong> Three total no-hitters; AL … \u00a0Boston Americans\/Red Sox (2); NL … Cleveland Spiders (NL).<\/span><\/p>\n
Jim Bunning:<\/strong> NL … Philadelphia Phillies; AL … Detroit Tigers.<\/span><\/p>\n
Hideo Nomo<\/strong>: NL … Los Angeles Dodgers; AL … Boston Red Sox.<\/span><\/p>\n
Randy Johnson<\/strong>:\u00a0 AL … Seattle Mariners; NL … Arizona Diamondbacks.<\/span><\/p>\n
The Catchers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Gus Triandos<\/strong>:\u00a0 AL … Baltimore Orioles (Hoyt Wilhelm, 1958); NL … Philadelphia Phillies (Jim Bunning, 1964).<\/span><\/p>\n
Jeff Torborg<\/strong>: NL … Los Angeles Dodgers (Sandy Koufax, 1965); AL … California Angels (Nolan Ryan, 1973).<\/span><\/p>\n
Darrell Porter<\/strong>: AL … Kansas City Royals (Jim Colborn, 1977); NL … St. Louis Cardinals (Bob Forsch, 1983).<\/span><\/p>\n
Ron Hassey<\/strong>: AL … Cleveland Indians (Len Barker, 1981); NL … Montreal Expos (Dennis Martinez, 1991). BBRT Note: Both of these were perfect games, making Hassey the only player to catch two MLB perfect games.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
Drew Butera<\/strong>: AL \u00a0…Minnesota Twins (Francisco Liriano, 2011); NL … Los Angeles Dodgers (Josh Beckett 2014).<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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