Crosscutters No-Hit for First Time Ever
Williamsport , Penn. - A trio of Mahoning Valley pitchers combined for a no-hitter on a historic evening at Bowman Field on Thursday night. It was the first time in 20 years of the franchise that the Crosscutters had been no hit. Mahoning Valley (32-32) celebrated its third no-hitter ever
Williamsport , Penn. - A trio of Mahoning Valley pitchers combined for a no-hitter on a historic evening at Bowman Field on Thursday night. It was the first time in 20 years of the franchise that the Crosscutters had been no hit. Mahoning Valley (32-32) celebrated its third no-hitter ever and its first since 2013.
Hunter Gaddis, Matt Waldron (W, 2-0) and
The last time a Williamsport team had been no hit was on April 21, 1989 by Dan Gabriele of the New Britan Red Sox against the Williamsport Bills in the Eastern League.
Scrappers third baseman Joab Gonalez made several tricky plays and long throws to preserve the no-no. That included a very close play at first to just barely get Kendall Simmons for the final out of the game.
The Cutters put two men on base; Herbert Iser reached on a fielding error in the fifth on a ball that was thrown low by SS
Mahoning Valley scored five runs in the first against
The first five Scrappers all recorded base-hits against Tejada who previously had been pitching extremely well in August with 10 innings of one-hit ball for the month. But Tejada had started to warm-up before the scheduled 7:05 p.m. game-time before the rains game and the the start was delayed. He came back to take the mound for the first pitch at 8:38 p.m. and was not as effective as he had previously shown.
After the first out was recorded,
The start of the game was delayed over 1.5 hours to 8:38 p.m. due to a passing shower.
Williamsport (26-38) will rematch against the Scrappers on Friday night with RHP