Standings:
Adams: Brick over Brooklyn by six.
Zotti: Seattle up by twenty.
Signorino: Philadelphia is seven games ahead of Maui
Wild Card: Maui is four games ahead of Appalachian
Awards & Accomplishments:
Appalachian LF Martin Perez named Player of the Week (7/8, 3rd career award)
Highland RF Lorenzo Hernandez named Player of the Week (7/15)
Philadelphia SP Will Hickford, in only his second start after being traded, throws the first no-hitter in the league in almost three seasons vs. Mepkin Abbey (7/10)
Significant Injuries:
Brick SP Bruno Talamantez has a torn labrum and will be collecting his $30m salary while on the bench for 12 months.
Maui CF Jesus Barcelo has an oblique strain that wll cost him 8-9 weeks.
Appalachian SS Martin Costa torn his thumb ligament and will miss four weeks.
Maui SP Sean Henry is done for the year with a torn flexor tendon. He should be ready in time for spring training.
Milestones:
Jesus Flores (Atlanta) reached 1000 runs scored.
Batting Line of the Sim:
Appalachian's Ed Weber went 4-5 with 2 HR, 2 runs scored and 5 RBI vs. Houston (7/1)
Pitching Line of the Sim:
Philadelphia's Will Hickford pitched a no-hitter, walking two and striking out twelve vs. Mepkin Abbey (7/10)
Answer to Last Week's Question:
Who are the only pitchers to have thrown more than one no-hitter in the same regular season?
There were five of them, but only four were guessed.
Michael came up with Johnny Vander Meer (the first one to do it, and he did it back-to-back) in 1938.
He also came up with Max Scherzer, who did it in 2015
Thomas came up with Virgil Trucks who did it in 1952, despite going 5-19 on the season.
He also mentioned Nolan Ryan, who tossed a pair in 1973
The one that no one came up with was Allie Reynolds, who did it for the Yankees in 1951.
(And, of course, there is Roy Halladay, who threw two no-hitters [including a perfect game] in 2010, but that does not count because one of them were in the post-season.)
This Week's Question:
Under what circumstances can a pitcher be credited with a shutout but not receive credit for a
(Hint: I watched that game when it happened.)
Next sim: Next Wednesday. The next sim will only go to Jul 30, to give us an additional week before the trading deadline.
The question doesn't seem well-phrased Zev. There are many, many, many games where a pitcher can get a shutout without throwing a perfect game. Every game where a pitcher goes the distance without giving up a run but gives up a hit, or a walk, or another kind of baserunner would be a shutout but not a perfect game.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you meant to ask us when the last shutout was in MLB, but that's how the question is phrased.
D'oh!
ReplyDeleteIt's a typo. I meant complete game.
I think I know the answer this time, but won't post it yet to let other people guess.
DeleteI'm going to guess it's when your team is leading, the game is official (5+ innings complete), the other team hasn't scored. The SP gets pulled. The RP comes in and fails to record an out, or allow a run to score, then the game is called due to rain or some other reason.
ReplyDeleteLast pitcher to do that... no idea.