Dodgers beat Angels without a hit

By KEN PETERS, AP Sports Writer 10 hours, 25 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (AP)—No hits, one run—and a win for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

After watching his team beat the Angels 1-0 without getting a hit Saturday night, manager Joe Torre couldn’t recall a stranger game in his managerial career.

“That’s about as bizarre as you can get,” Torre said.

Jered Weaver threw six no-hit innings and Jose Arredondo held the Dodgers hitless in the seventh and eighth. It still wasn’t enough.

“Any loss, no matter what, is tough,” Weaver said. “I’m sure you guys are going to eat this up a lot more than I am. I don’t call it a no-hitter for me. I only went six innings.”

The Dodgers became the fifth team in modern major league history to win without getting a hit. Because they didn’t have to bat in the ninth, the game doesn’t qualify as a no-hitter.

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“That’s certainly a weird linescore,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “But it’s a 1-0 loss, that’s the way we look at it.”
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Anyone else remember Harvey Haddix of the Pirates?

He pitched a 12 inning no hitter and lost the game- and the next year had a look on his face on his baseball card that could only have been someone who pitched a 12 inning no hitter and lost!

They didn't even mention him in the articles. It's not a no-hitter since they didn't bat in the 9th inning. How stupid is that?

I've been thinking about that.

Not sure of the official rules, but a no-hitter is "three up, three down" (or 27 batters*) for nine innings. Since the other team usually has scored no runs if it is getting no hit, if the visiting pitcher was throwing a no hitter, then naturally the home team would come up in the bottom of the 9th.
If the home team pitcher is throwing the no hitter, then for sure it's nine innings.

* If the pitcher doesn't walk anybody, there's no catcher's errors or passed balls on a strike three, and no one reaches base at all, that's a perfect game.)

But I'm pretty sure that they have to have faced 27 batters for it to be a no hitter.

I think we all know what a perfect game is, dork. LOL Still, there were no hits, even if they didn't have to bat in the ninth. It still stinks.