YES just watched a wonderful performance by a rookie pitcher.
This is in the history book for the Red Sox. First time a rookie pitcher every pitched a no hitter. Congrats.
>>First time a rookie pitcher every pitched a no hitter
I thought I heard that Wilson Alvarez of the White Sox
did, too (and also on his second ML start)
Wikipedia:
>>In 1991, Wilson Alvarez of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter in his second career major league start. During Alvarez’s first career start, he allowed three runs on a pair of home runs and did not retire a single batter. Bud Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals threw a no-hitter toward the end of his rookie season (2001); he started the following season with the Cardinals, then was demoted to the minor leagues after a lackluster start to his second season. He never pitched in the majors again and has since retired.
>>On September 1, 2007, Clay Buchholz of the Boston Red Sox pitched a 10-0 no-hitter against the Baltimore Orioles in his second career major league start. He’d won his first major league outing two weeks earlier, and was only pitching against the Orioles because scheduled starter Tim Wakefield had suffered a back injury.
>>In all, 20 rookies have pitched a no-hitter.