04-01-2018, 01:55 PM
(04-01-2018, 12:58 PM)lex24 link Wrote: Only pitcher to pitch a 9 inning no hitter and lose.
This was posted on another thread which I cant seem to find. Its only happened once. Others have pitched eight innings of no-hit ball and lost. Others of had a no-hitter through nine only to lose it after nine. But only once has a guy pitched a nine inning no hitter and lost.
It was Ken Johnson with the colt 45. I will admit I dont remember him. But he had a fairly decent career over several years. 91 wins 102 losses pretty good ERA.
. He lost it in the ninth when he threw a ball away for a two base error. Another error in the inning the led to the winning run.
That was a good game. Pete Rose got on base on Johnson's error, ultimately scoring on Nellie Fox's error. The winning pitcher in that game was former youngest pitcher to pitch in an MLB game, Joe Nuxhall. Nuxhall and Johnson pitched all nine innings on April 23, 1964.
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