Officially, Madison Bumgner closed the entire game on Sunday. Informally, the Diamondbacks also threw a no-hitter to the left-handed batsman.
The reason for the latter is that the game was scheduled for only seven innings, as the Double Dider’s night between the D-Backs and Braves took place. MLB’s criterion since 1991 has been that a pitcher has to throw nine hitting innings to get the no-no credit.
Had the game gone into extra innings and had two more hitless frames thrown by Bumner, he would have been recognized. Arizona won 7–0 after scoring five runs in the first match, so it was not very likely.
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Nobody gets away with what Madbum did in the best start of his two-year stint with Arizona: he allowed just one baserunner, and that wasn’t his fault either. Arizona shortstop Nick Ahmed made a throwing error on a ground ball from Ozzie Allobies to open the second inning.
Bumgner inspired a double game from the next batsman, Travis D’Arnaud, and then the next 16 retired to Atlanta, meaning he faced a minimum of 21 batters in the game.
If you want to ignore the logic of MLB, Bumgarner threw the third no-hitter of the 2021 season, joining Joe Musgrove of the Padres and Carlos Rodan of the White Sox. And he still made baseball history until he was hit, since last year MLB set up a seven-inning game for double headers as part of the COVID-19 protocol.
Official or not, Madam told reporters (Per MLB.com) He was “very proud” of the feat, which he said had “arisen” with other top achievements in his career.
He also discovered a way to have fun with it.
“I want to say two things, then I’m going to celebrate with people: I want to thank these shadows in Atlanta; they helped me well. It’s awesome. And I (MLB Commissioner) to Rob Manfred I want to thank you for making these seven-inning games, “he told Bally Sports Arizona. The game started under sunny skies at 4:17 pm ET and ended at 6:28 pm ET.
Arizona, in fact, came very close to being a double-hit-hit performance at Twinbill. Right-hander Zac Gallen threw a seven-inning one-hitter in Game 1, with the lone hit coming in the sixth inning by Freddie Freeman.
“We just didn’t have it today,” Freeman Told reporters, per MLB.com. “this is. We are fine It’s just that April 25 was not the day of the Atlanta Braves. We will come back tomorrow and get them. “
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