San Diego Padres right-hander Dylan Stop entered MLB’s historical past books on Thursday, turning into the newest hurler to pitch a no-hitter.
He did it in opposition to the Washington Nationals in one of the crucial dominant outings of his profession.
“Dylan Stop has no-hit the Washington Nationals. A 114-pitch, three-walk, nine-strikeout gem wherein his fastball hit 100 mph within the ninth on his one hundred and tenth pitch. On Sept. 3, 2022, he gave up successful with two outs within the ninth. Immediately, he throws the second no-hitter of the 2024 season,” MLB insider Jeff Passan tweeted.
Dylan Stop has no-hit the Washington Nationals. A 114-pitch, three-walk, nine-strikeout gem wherein his fastball hit 100 mph within the ninth on his one hundred and tenth pitch. On Sept. 3, 2022, he gave up successful with two outs within the ninth. Immediately, he throws the second no-hitter of the 2024 season.
Houston Astros’ Ronel Blanco pitched the primary no-hitter of the 2024 marketing campaign on April 1 in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Regardless of the very fact it has been finished 324 instances, pitching a no-hitter is extraordinarily laborious and requires a high effort by the hurler and sometimes by the defensive gamers, too.
Stop, as Passan explains, had flirted with a no-no earlier than, however he lastly put all of it collectively on Thursday and have become the newest Padre to pitch one since Joe Musgrove did it in 2021.
Regardless of the elevated pitch depend, Stop was in full management of the sport on Thursday afternoon.
He overpowered the opposition along with his unbelievable fastball velocity and his improbable slider.
With the gem, Stop takes his ERA to an outstanding 3.50, and his WHIP went all the way in which right down to 0.98.
He has 168 strikeouts in 131 innings pitched, and has been a powerful success ever since touchdown in San Diego in an offseason commerce with the Chicago White Sox.
Regardless of buying and selling Juan Soto and dropping different gamers earlier than the beginning of the season, the 55-50 Padres stay in rivalry for a Wild Card spot and that’s largely because of Stop.