San Francisco Giants right-hander Johnny Cueto lost his no-hit bid against the Los Angeles Dodgers in an uncommon style on Saturday night..
Cueto, who had held the Dodgers without a knock through 5 innings, began the 6th inning in seemingly safe fashion when he pushed a flyball off Enrique Hernandezs bat. The “shouldve been” part of that last sentence is a tip-off as to what happened next, so well keep this short: Hunter Pence lost track of the ball and had it fall behind him for a “triple.”.
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For those questioning, Statcast approximates that Hernandezs batted ball had actually an expected batting average of.060– or, in other words, its usually an out.
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Cueto, who had held the Dodgers without a knock through five innings, began the sixth inning in relatively safe fashion when he pushed a flyball off Enrique Hernandezs bat. Hernandezs ball was hit reasonably deep, however stayed in the air a long time. The “need tove been” part of that last sentence is a tip-off as to what took place next, so well keep this brief: Hunter Pence lost track of the ball and had it fall behind him for a “triple.”.
Unfortunately, that wasnt the case on Saturday. You can argue that nonplays like Pences should be scored as mistakes, however thats hardly ever the case. Rather, official scorers tend to withhold mistakes unless the fielder touches the ball, no matter how outright the player is otherwise.
Hernandez subsequently scored on an Austin Barnes groundout, giving the Dodgers their very first run of the night and dashing Cuetos expect a shutout. Cueto would be gotten rid of prior to finishing the sixth inning, albeit not before permitting a three-run homer to Justin Turner.
Had Cueto completed the no-hitter, it wouldve been the Giants very first given that Chris Heston threw a no-no versus the New York Mets in June 2015. San Francisco had three other no-hitters during the 2010s: Tim Lincecum threw one in 2013 and 2014 (both versus the San Diego Padres) and Matt Cain threw one in 2012 versus the Houston Astros..
Cuetos no-hitter wouldve been the first of the 2020 season, and the first given that Justin Verlander tossed one versus the Toronto Blue Jays last September..
