Blake Snell made some extra baseball historical past final evening when the two-time Cy Younger Award winner threw a no-hitter in opposition to the Reds. The 18th no-hit recreation within the historical past of the New York/San Francisco Giants franchise, Snell’s gem noticed him rack up 11 strikeouts in opposition to three walks on 114 pitches. It was additionally the primary time Snell had ever thrown eight full innings in any of his 202 profession begins, not to mention an entire recreation.
The no-no continues what has now turn out to be one of many higher pitching stretches of all time. Snell has an 0.55 ERA over his final 5 begins (33 IP), in what has been an unimaginable turn-around after an injury-plagued first half of the season. Signing with the Giants solely within the midpoint of March, the shortage of a correct Spring Coaching resulted in Snell posting a 9.51 ERA in his first 23 2/3 innings and 6 begins, as properly a pair of journeys to the injured listing. It was after his newest return from the IL that Snell started his wonderful five-start run, capped off together with his legendary recreation yesterday in Cincinnati. Whereas the Giants obtained loads of commerce curiosity in Snell previous to final Tuesday’s deadline, protecting an in-form ace will go a great distance in direction of serving to San Francisco’s probabilities on the playoffs.
Extra from across the NL West…
- Joe Musgrove will start a minor league rehab project on Sunday, the Padres righty advised Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune and different reporters. Musgrove mentioned his first rehab outing is slated to be 45-50 pitches over three innings, including “I really feel wholesome and I really feel like I’m previous the elbow challenge. Now it’s only a matter of getting my stuff to a degree that’s getting big-league hitters out.” As a result of bone spurs in his throwing elbow, Musgrove hasn’t pitched since Could 26, and his absence figures to stretch into not less than mid-August as he will get absolutely ramped up. The Padres will surely use some reinforcement of their rotation, as Michael King is day-to-day with a calf bruise, and Sanders doesn’t really feel King is prone to make his subsequent scheduled begin tomorrow.
- Talking of long-term harm absences, Max Muncy has been out since mid-Could with a lingering indirect pressure, however Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts advised media (together with MLB.com) that Muncy is about to participate in a simulated recreation on August 8. In line with Roberts, a go to with a chiropractor helped Muncy lastly have a “breakthrough” in overcoming the continued discomfort in his indirect. Muncy’s return can’t come quickly sufficient for the injury-riddled Dodgers, because the third baseman was posting his common stable numbers — 9 homers and a .223/.323/.475 — over his first 167 plate appearances of 2024.
- Charlie Blackmon is day-to-day with a bruise below his left eye after the Rockies veteran was hit within the face by a deflected throw in yesterday’s recreation. On a grounder to second base, a wayward throw from Xander Bogaerts noticed the ball hit Blackmon’s arm and deflect up into his face, and an clearly damage Blackmon was compelled to go away the sport. The excellent news is that Blackmon handed preliminary concussion checks, even when there was some facial swelling.