St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Ray Washburn had a tough act to follow on Sept. 18, 1968. Future National Baseball Hall of Fame member Bob Gibson was in the midst of one of the greatest seasons a pitcher would ever put together for St. Louis. One day before Washburn was scheduled to take the mound in […]
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Winning your first game as a starting pitcher is quite an accomplishment, but add a major league record and you can be in a class by yourself. In this case, however, it’s a group of two. J.R. Richard of the Houston Astros and Karl Spooner of the Brooklyn Dodgers share the big league mark with […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Chris Heston of the San Francisco Giants and Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds. Heston tossed the first no-hitter of the 2015 season as he blanked the New York Mets 5-0 at Citi Field on Tuesday, June 9. Heston struck out 11 and although […]