Dodgers rookie Stripling pulled with no-no in 8th, next batter homers
SAN FRANCISCO -- Ross Stripling, who had never pitched above Double-A before cracking the Dodgers rotation out of Spring Training, pitched 7 1/3 no-hit innings against the Giants on Friday night in his Major League debut, departing after issuing a walk in the eighth with Los Angeles leading by two runs.
Chris Hatcher came on in relief and fell behind Giants catcher Trevor Brown, 3-1. On the next pitch, Brown hit his first career home run, tying the game at 2. San Francisco went on to win, 3-2, in 10 innings on Brandon Crawford's walk-off home run.
Stripling, who issued four walks in his 100-pitch effort, was bidding to join Bumpus Jones as the only players in Major League history to toss a no-hitter in their MLB debuts. Jones did it for Cincinnati on Oct. 15, 1892.
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It was an amazing two-hit win by the Giants and underscores what a great and crazy game baseball is. One for the books.
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