Jul 11th, 2009 | 11:14 am |
Friday night San Fransico Giants Left hander Johnathan Sanchez allowed no hits and had 11 strikeouts in 9 innings in the Giants 8-0 win over the San Deigo Padres. Sanchez also did not allow any walks, but a baserunner got on base due to a Juan Uribe error in the eigth inning.
Sanchez’s dad, Sirgfredo, was at the game.
“Right now I’m just going to go home and hang out with my dad,” Sanchez said. “I was pumped that he was here watching the game.”
On the Juan Uribe eroor Sanchez said “It’s [part of] the game, it can happen.”
A 27th-round draft pick in 2004, Sanchez pitched four no-hitters in college for NAIA Ohio Dominican.
It was the first no-hitter by a Giants lefty since Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell pitched one for the New York Giants against Pittsburgh on May 8, 1929.
