Second baseman Dustin Pedroia dove to his right, stabbing the bounding ball. Miguel Tejada led off the seventh with a hot shot up the middle. No later than the seventh inning, the crowd had reached a fever pitch. He commanded his fastball early, working in a devastating array of offspeed pitches.Īfter each out, typically the result of a gravity-defying curveball or an immaculately released changeup, the nervous Red Sox rookie nibbled on his glove, enjoying the scene.
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11, 1991, for the White Sox at Baltimore.Ĭonsidered one of the franchise's top pitching prospects since his arrival as a sandwich pick - 42nd overall - out of Angelina College in 2005, compensation for Martinez leaving as a free agent, Buchholz didn't take long to establish himself in the Majors.įor nine innings, Buchholz sparkled among thousands of flashbulbs. Louis Browns at home against the Philadelphia A's, and Wilson Alvarez did it in his second start on Aug. Bobo Hollomon threw a no-hitter in his debut on May 6, 1953, for the St. 6, 2006.Īccording to the Elias Sports Bureau, Buchholz is the third pitcher since 1900 to throw a no-hitter in his first or second Major League start. He also became the 21st rookie to throw a no-hitter, the first since Florida's Anibal Sanchez on Sept. And he threw 115 pitches before a workload-leery Red Sox front office, which gleefully celebrated with hugs and fist pumps on the last offering, a 1-2 curveball that froze Nick Markakis.īuchholz joined Mark Buehrle of the White Sox (April 18) and Justin Verlander of the Tigers (June 12) among the pitchers to throw a no-hitter this season - all of whom are American Leaguers. Then he went out and became only the third pitcher since 1900 to throw a no-hitter in his first or second Major League start.īy completing the 17th no-hitter in Red Sox history, Buchholz accomplished at such an early stage in his career what Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling never did in a Red Sox uniform.īuchholz struck out nine, walked three and hit a batter as Boston won, 10-0, before 36,819 thrilled fans. "You know when everybody knows what's going on," said Buchholz on Saturday night, still wearing his Red Sox jersey, "and then you look at the scoreboard, and then say, 'Oh, Lord.'"Īnd so the 6-foot-3 rookie, whose Major League focus matched a singularly dominant repertoire on one historic night, finally noticed a lack of Red Sox sitting near him in the dugout. 2 September 2007.īOSTON - For 23-year-old right-hander Clay Buchholz, whose understated Beaumont, Texas, drawl bespeaks a grasp of higher powers, the moment came around the seventh inning of his second Major League start. Sox' Buchholz No-Hits Orioles in Second Start. Buchholz made Francona an accidental prophet of sorts with the 17th no-hitter in franchise history and 20th by a rookie in major league history in a 10–0 win over the Orioles." - Edens, Gordon. 'I thought I had a bloody nose.' Fifteen days after making his major league debut against the Angels in the first game of a day-night doubleheader, a day that began with manager Terry Francona telling a sleepy morning assemblage of reporters that 'it doesn't matter if he throws a no-hitter, he's going back down,' 23-year-old Clay D.
' David Ortiz was jumping up and down and hit me in the nose with his shoulder and my eyes started watering,' he said. 574 winning percentage.īaseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easilyįound on the Internet."It may have looked like Clay Buchholz, the kid from East Texas who became the first Red Sox rookie to throw a no-hitter, was crying in the midst of the red-and-white scrum that engulfed him after he struck out Baltimore's Nick Markakis looking to make history last night. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 102/102) where 2,917,678 fans witnessed their 2017 Red Sox finish the season with a. The 2017 Boston Red Sox played 162 games during the regular season, won 93 games, lost 69 games, and finished in first position. 2017 Boston Red Sox Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac
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