Jonathan Sanchez’s Performance Deserves Its Own Category

I was in San Francisco on Friday night and had the opportunity to watch the majority of Jonathan Sanchez's incredible performance against the San Diego Padres. In throwing the first Giants' no-hitter in over 32 years, Sanchez struck out 11 and walked none, throwing 77 of his 110 pitches for strikes.

Sanchez was putting the ball exactly where he wanted to, and the Padres hitters had absolutely no idea where that was. The best example of that came in the seventh inning, when Padres 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff swung at strike three which then proceeded to hit him in the ankle.

The no-hitter was saved with one out in the top of the ninth inning, when CF Aaron Rowand made a leaping catch at the center field wall to take away an e...

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