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Friday, August 5, 2011

Morrow - no hitter? not quite...

You may have noticed it, but Brandon Morrow thoroughly dominated the Las Vegas Rat Pack in yesterday's 7-0 win. But what you may have missed is that Morrow pitched 8 innings of no-hit ball, only to exit in the 9th inning with the no-hitter still intact! The Vegas crowd loudly booed when Takashi Saito emerged on the mound to start the 9th inning. The game had long been out of hand and the few remaining in the crowd had hung around to witness history. In true karmic fashion, Joe Mauer led off the inning with the first hit of the game for the Rats. Although Saito did manage to complete the game and preserve the shutout, Morrow had been robbed of his place among such DMBL luminaries as Juan Guzman, Brett Myers, and A.J. Burnett. Manager Joe Torre declined to speak to the press after the game. So why was Morrow removed? Morrow did manage to throw 115 pitches, though that doesn't seem like an especially high number, particularly when chasing a historic achievement. Morrow walked five in his 8 innings, suggesting that maybe he was losing it but Morrow struck out all three batters he faced in the 8th and had retired the last 7 batters. Morrow did not appear to have any kind of injury either. Whatever the reason, Torre may need armed protection when the Straphangers return home to host the Rat Packs on Sunday.

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