"Congratulations, here's the ball." Someone took care of the official ball of Shizu No-Hitter, I didn't know we'd have that relationship two years ago
Jul 26, 2024
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Seeds started the away game against the Washington Nationals at DC Nationals Park on the 26th (Korea Standard Time) and led the team to a 3-0 victory by blocking them without giving up a single hit in nine innings.
Siz threw a career-high 114 pitches, allowed three walks and struck out eight. Fastball confinement represented a maximum of 100.2 miles and an average of 98.3 miles.
It is the second time No-Hitter has appeared in the Major League since Houston Astros Ronel Blanco wrote against the Toronto Blue Jays at Minute Maid Park on April 2.
Founded in 1969, San Diego is the second to produce a no-heater pitcher. Current teammate Joe Musgrove set a milestone for the first no-hitter in the club's history with nine scoreless innings and 10 strikeouts in an away game against the Texas Rangers on April 10, 2021. At the time, Musgrove allowed one hit ball.
However, Sizu has pitched the equivalent of a no-hitter before. I missed the milestone with one out count left. It's the Minnesota Twins game at Guaranteed Rate Field on September 4, 2022, when he was with the Chicago White Sox.
At that time, Siz allowed a heavy hit through Luis Arraez with one out count left in the top of the ninth inning, missing No-Hitter. In the ball count 1B1S, the third slider was driven to the center, giving up a line drive hit that fell in the middle of the right and hitting the ground.
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Araez is the person who took the official ball of No-Heater and delivered it to Siz.
After two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Siz threw a 91.4-mile slider out of the second pitch to right field to seal No-Hitter. According to MLB.com , as teammates flocked to the mound to celebrate Siz's milestone, Arraez was seen asking right fielder Bryce Johnson, who caught the last out count ball, to give it to Siz.
Arraez, who remembered blocking Sizu's no-hitter two years ago, handed the ball himself, adding to the meaning. Shees "I went all the way to the last minute and I finally did it. It's an amazing and unbelievable game. I don't know how I feel to have this experience. I'm happy."
jhno@sportschosun.com
