Jon Lester throws a no-hitter!

Posted on May 19, 2008
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Wow. I could definitely get used to this. Last year Clay Buchholz threw a no-hitter at Fenway Park against the Baltimore Orioles. Tonight Jon Lester threw a no-hitter at Fenway Park against the Kansas City Royals. It took him 130 pitches but he did it.

Jon Lester has beat cancer, won a World Series, and thrown the 18th no-hitter in Red Sox history all by the age of 24. Congrats man, you deserve it all.

The Red Sox are now owners of 4 of the last 6 no-hitters thrown in the American League (Hideo Nomo, Derek Lowe, Clay Buchholz, and Jon Lester.) Jason Varitek has caught all 4 of them, setting the modern-era major league record for most no-hitters caught by a single catcher.

Link: MLB.com Gameday
Link: AP Recap

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2 Responses to “Jon Lester throws a no-hitter!”

  1. Peter on May 28th, 2008 4:50 pm

    Hi Michael,

    I think Tek hold the major league record for official no-hitters caught as the rule changed in the ’90s so that a no-no that the pitcher took and lost in extra innings (after a no-no through 9) no longer counted. But I guess that’s what you meant by modern-era major league record.

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