A Thread For Starting Pitchers That Are Doing Really Well

You can see the 2-2 pitch around 1:40 of this clip:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130907&content_id=59829800&vkey=news_sf&c_id=sf

Okay, it was a ball--so close. The umpire could have given it to him...great job by Chavez in holding up.

yeah i thought the 2-2 pitch was a ball, but the opening pitch if i remember looked like it could have gone either way - he started the last batter off at 2-0 iirc

andrew cashner is perfect through five in pittsburgh; 53 pitches

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT1jPLgh7NSo9urpUZOnT4Sxftb0QxOAKfe7QnyoYnOuDZIaF0Gbg

Are we owning this, Pirates fans, or is it embarrassing?

By 'Pirates fans' I, of course, mean Mookieproof,

we are no longer owning this

love jedd gyorko, tho -- good west virginia kid, pirates fan growing up

andrew cashner: 9 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 7 K, 97 pitches, 67 strikes

nice game

@MLB 7m
Andrew Cashner pulled off what some call a Maddux (shutout on fewer than 100 pitches): http://atmlb.com/166aCnq

Career Maddux leaders (1988-2013):
1. Greg Maddux 13
2. Zane Smith 7
3. Bob Tewksbury 6
t4. Tom Glavine 5
t4. Roy Halladay 5

Other active notables include: Jamie Moyer and Bartolo Colon, with 4 each; Josh Beckett, Chris Carpenter, Tim Hudson, Jason Marquis, Roy Oswalt and James Shields each have 3.

http://groundballwitheyes.blogspot.com/2012/04/maddux.html

* 28 Madduxes have been 1-0 games, including Roy Halladay's performance on September 6th, 2003, when he became the only pitcher to throw an extra-inning Maddux, going 10 frames on just 99 pitches. Just when you thought Halladay couldn't be any greater, right?

wish we had the data to see how many Madduxes Seaver threw

Jamie Moyer is active?

he was when the post was first written

although there are vague rumors that he's gonna try to come back again as a knuckleballer

royals prospect chris dwyer is perfect through six for omaha in the triple-a championship game

Wacha flocka through 5

through 6 despite denard span's bunt attempt

wish i could watch, but i live in DC and pay >$100 for mlb.tv, therefore i'm not allowed to watch the game

?!?! fucking mlb.tv

seven. fuckin nationals are useless to me

cardinals tv guys studiously avoiding mentioning the no-hitter

just saw that catch as MLB Network is going to it live.

he has walked two batters and this is his ninth start?

so close

awwwwwwww

that sounded really close!

waaaaaaaaaaah waaaaaaaaaaaaacha

brutal

now back to winning and losing

that's a shame. he was in uncharted waters throwing that many pitches, wonder if matheny considered pulling him

Henderson Alvarez, 9 no-hit innings vs Tigers in scoreless game

too bad yr all watching the NFL

"90 feet away from the no-hitter" you don't hear every year

Coghlan trying to hit the ball 600 feet.

was sure he was gonna whiff on the 2-2

lololol

I LOVE BASEBALL

You've got to be kidding me

how many CG no-hitters have ended with the pitcher's team scoring?

Neyer on precedents:

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/9/29/4784066/henderson-alvarez-marlins-no-hitter-walkoff-wild-pitch

had no idea the marlins had five no-hitters

whodathunk

my take away from that (and it's a good piece) is that Dick Fowler
is from toronto.

Also, it was at Maddux!

it was a Maddux. I meant.

so let's say it was alvarez's spot that came up instead of koyle hill's/greg dobbs' -- do you let him bat, or do you decide that the marlins have a better shot of scoring here with a pinch hitter than they do of alvarez pitching another no-hit inning + marlins scoring in the 10th?

alvarez was 9-for-30 this year (113 ops+!), but still.

Without mentioning which game it is exactly, but there's something special going on tonight.

real sad it was broken up.

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=340402108

Yeah, this is gonna hurt somebody's feelings -- hopefully Garza's.

This is an incredible match up

Ugh, Uecker just did his patented "Get up, get OUT... foul" call. So much for that.