Found August 04, 2009 on Baseball Musings:
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Yusmeiro Petit comes out for the eighth inning with a no-hitter intact. He’s thrown 85 pitches so far and faces Ramon Vazquez. Update: Vazquez walks on a 3-2 pitch that was border line low. It was over the plate. Ronny Cedeno falls behind 1-2, then laces a single to left. A great [...]
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