baseball-reference.com - 5/20/2008
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BATTING Chicago White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit PO A Details J Rivera RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .293 .788 0 0 0 W Dropo PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .656 0 0 0 N Fox 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .699 0 3 6 M Minoso LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .309 .893 0 3 1 D Philley 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .697 0 12 0 L Doby CF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .255 .794 0 2 0 S Lollar C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .307 .852 0 2 0 GDP S Esposito 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .234 .672 0 1 3 CS L ...
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You Could Look It Up: Jon Lester, Meet Mel Parnell by Steven Goldman
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... , and Lou Aparacio, and took place on July 14, 1956 . Parnells no-hitter was itself highly unlikely. A terrific pitcher at his best (and taking into account the walk-crazy 1950s), Parnell started late and had his arm pitched off by the Sox early. He packed the entire useful portion of his career into the five seasons, from 1949 to 1953, going 94-48 with a 3.24 ...
The Griddle: Lester no-hits Royals
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Lester no-hits Royals 2008-05-19 18:36 by Bob Timmermann Jon Lester of the Boston Red Sox threw a no-hitter at Fenway Park against the Kansas City Royals. The Red Sox won the game 7-0. Lester threw 130 pitches. Lester is the first lefty to throw a no-hitter for the Red Sox since Mel Parnell back on July 14, 1956. Comments 2008-05-19 18:44:24 1. Eric Stephen Lester threw 130 pitches. 11 of the last 28 times a pitcher reached that threshold (dating back to June 2004) was a Livan Hernandez performance. Post a comment ( ...
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