Part of no hitter tonight vs Padres.

That's the 3rd no-hitter or perfect game a Rice pitcher has been a part of since 2012 (Humber's perfect game and also Lucas Luetkge was part of a combined no-hitter as well). I'd have to think we lead all of college baseball programs in MLB no-hitters since 2012.

Nice for Cingrani; he has had and will continue to have an excellent MLB career.

Man does Vanderbilt crank out the high-level pitchers (talking about the starter in the game, Walker Buehler).

(05-05-2018 05:46 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  That's the 3rd no-hitter or perfect game a Rice pitcher has been a part of since 2012 (Humber's perfect game and also Lucas Luetkge was part of a combined no-hitter as well). I'd have to think we lead all of college baseball programs in MLB no-hitters since 2012.

That's absolutely correct. Great catch, FBO!

I went back through the MLB no-hit pitchers listed on Wikipedia, and their bios ... and even going back to 1998, there are still no colleges with three alums who have pitched a no-hitter.

Missouri alums have three no-no's, but two were by Max Scherzer (both in 2015) and one by David Cone (1999).

Tennessee Tech is the only other college I found with two different no-hitter alums: Stephen Pryor (2012) and Adam Liberatore (shared with Cingrani).

Only three colleges have one alum who have pitched two no-hitters: ODU (Verlander); Washington (Lincecum) and TCU (Arrieta).

Texas A&M had two LOI-signees who instead chose MLB and pitched consecutive no-hitters in 2014: Josh Beckett & Clayton Kershaw.

WTG, Rice!!!

(05-06-2018 01:59 AM)Almadenmike Wrote:  A&M had two LOI-signees who instead chose MLB and pitched consecutive no-hitters in 2014: Josh Beckett & Clayton Kershaw.

This exchange from a Kershaw interview struck me as funny.

"So, I understand you had a football scholarship offer from Texas A&M?"

"No, I had a baseball scholarship offer. I played football in high school, but I didn't have a football scholarship offer."

"So, you played football. Were you a strong-armed quarterback?"

"No, I was a center?"

"You were a center?"

"Yes, Matthew Stafford was our quarterback."

(05-06-2018 06:28 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(05-06-2018 01:59 AM)Almadenmike Wrote:  A&M had two LOI-signees who instead chose MLB and pitched consecutive no-hitters in 2014: Josh Beckett & Clayton Kershaw.

This exchange from a Kershaw interview struck me as funny.

"So, I understand you had a football scholarship offer from Texas A&M?"

"No, I had a baseball scholarship offer. I played football in high school, but I didn't have a football scholarship offer."

"So, you played football. Were you a strong-armed quarterback?"

"No, I was a center?"

"You were a center?"

"Yes, Matthew Stafford was our quarterback."

And Stafford was Kershaw's catcher. :-)

(Here's a link to another article about their "Wonder Years" childhood together in Dallas' Highland and University "Park Cities.")