1990 HEADLINE: Two No-Hitters In One Day!!!
I can recall this day like it was yesterday…
On this day in 1990, both Dave Stewart of the Oakland Athletics and Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers threw no-hitters.
I remember checking the box scores the day after these two no-hitters and thought how cool it was to see two on the same page of the paper…
Let’s look a little closer at these two ‘No-No’s':
Dave Stewart – On the road and in front of a crowd of just under 50,000, the A’s were in Toronto to battle the Blue Jays. Stewart pitched a gem while striking out 12 batters ang giving up just 3 walks. He threw 115 pitches during the game it took just 147 minutes for his A’s team to beat the Blue Jays 5-0.
Fernando Valenzuela – At home and facing the Cardinals, Valenzuela was awesome as he and his Dodgers teammates beat St. Louis 6-0 in 161 minutes. Valenzuela was brilliant – allowing just 3 base runners while striking out 7 batters. For the game, he threw 119 pitches. He also went 1-for-4 at the plate.
2 great pitchers. 1 amazing accomplishment. Baseball history!!!
I remember that night well! My friends were mad that I didn’t come outside to play that night because I was glued to ESPN watching the updates. Even as a kid I knew it was well worth to stay in and keep up with those two games.
Matt- That’s a pretty neat memory of this historic night. I remember having to read about it the next day because it all happened so late…