from Baltimore Orioles.com and www.yardbarker.com… Even though he has been dominant this season, Oriole starter John Means thought a day like Wednesday was out of the question. He had never even pitched into the eighth inning of a game, and in Brandon Hyde’s three seasons as Orioles manager, he’d never allowed a pitcher to get even two outs in the eighth. That all changed Wednesday, a day that will go down in Orioles history. Means pitched the Orioles’ first no-hitter since July 13, 1991 and the sixth in team history. He faced 27 hitters, the minimum number. When he struck…
Madison Bumgarner’s unique no-hitter will not be recognized by MLB from Larry Brown Sports and Grey Papke, and from YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com By the technical definition of the term, Madison Bumgarner threw a no-hitter for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. It will not go down that way in the MLB record books, though. The Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves played a doubleheader on Sunday, and under the league’s current rules, it meant both games would be seven innings long. Bumgarner started the second game and threw a seven-inning complete game, allowing no hits or walks and striking out seven. He actually faced the…