Johan Santana was the toast of the town for the past week after throwing the New York Mets' first no-hitter in franchise history. On Friday night, Yankees right-hander Hiroki Kuroda flirted with New York's second no-no in seven days. Kuroda carried a no-hitter for 5 2/3 innings before Mets shortstop Omar Quintanilla broke up the bid for history with a double to left-center field. "I've been there; I've pitched a no-hitter until the sixth or seventh inning," Kuroda said through his translator after throwing seven shutout innings of one-hit ball in the Yankees' 9-1 win. "I kind of knew that I was not going to be able to do it." Prior to Quintanilla's hit, only one Mets batter had been on base; Josh Thole had reached first on Derek Jeter's fourth-inning error. Kuroda retired the first 10 batters of the game prior to the error, and he erased Thole quickly, getting David Wright to ground into a 5-4-3 double play to end the inning. &...
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Johan Santana,
Hiroki Kuroda,
Omar Quintanilla,
Josh Thole,
Derek Jeter,
David Wright,
Russell Martin,
Ike Davis,
Jason Bay,
Alex Rodriguez
TEAMS: New York Mets, New York Yankees
TEAMS: New York Mets, New York Yankees
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