Blake Snell made some extra baseball historical past final evening when the two-time Cy Younger Award winner threw a no-hitter towards 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 towards 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 a whole recreation.
The no-no continues what has now turn into 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 dearth 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 record. It was after his newest return from the IL that Snell started his superb five-start run, capped off along with his legendary recreation yesterday in Cincinnati. Whereas the Giants acquired loads of commerce curiosity in Snell previous to final Tuesday’s deadline, retaining an in-form ace will go a great distance in direction of serving to San Francisco’s possibilities on the playoffs.
Extra from across the NL West…
- Joe Musgrove will start a minor league rehab project on Sunday, the Padres righty informed 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 subject. Now it’s only a matter of getting my stuff to a degree that’s getting big-league hitters out.” As a consequence of bone spurs in his throwing elbow, Musgrove hasn’t pitched since Might 26, and his absence figures to stretch into at the very least mid-August as he will get totally 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 more likely to make his subsequent scheduled begin tomorrow.
- Talking of long-term damage absences, Max Muncy has been out since mid-Might with a lingering indirect pressure, however Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts informed 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 traditional 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 underneath 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 depart the sport. The excellent news is that Blackmon handed preliminary concussion exams, even when there was some facial swelling.
