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former Boston Red Sox player Matt Young was only the second pitcher to throw a complete game no-hitter and lose, accomplishing the feat against the Cleveland Indians in 1992?
on July 8, 1942, pitcher Doyle Lade threw a no-hitter and won the game 1–0, with his solo home run providing the only run support for his team?
the 1992 College Baseball All-America Team included three future Major League All-Stars , two future Olympians and the Major League career recordholder for no-hitters caught?
Ray Courtright , once considered Oklahoma 's greatest halfback , pitched a no-hitter for the Sooners and coached the Nevada basketball and Michigan golf and wrestling teams to championships?
Orval Grove was one out away from a no-hitter in a baseball game on July 8 , 1943 when Joe Gordon hit a double off his pitch?
Clay Buchholz , a first-round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox , threw a no-hitter in only his second major league start?
Major League Baseball catcher Ellie Rodríguez caught the fourth of Nolan Ryan 's seven career no-hitters ?
Dave Righetti was the first player in Major League Baseball history to pitch a no-hitter and lead the league in saves in a career?
Bill Stoneman , who pitched two no-hitters for the Montreal Expos and later ran the Major League Baseball club as the general manager , first joined the franchise in the 1968 expansion draft ?
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Question 2 : A game that is a no-hitter through nine innings may be lost in ________ .
Question 3 : The pitcher who holds the record for the shortest time between no-hitters is Johnny Vander Meer , as the only pitcher in history to throw no-hitters in two consecutive starts, while playing for the ________ in 1938.
Question 4 : Two of the four are recent expansion teams: the Tampa Bay Rays (1998) and the ________ (1993).
Question 5 : A no-hitter (also known as a no-hit game , or colloquially, a "no-no ") is a ________ game in which one team has no hits .
Question 6 : A ________ who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter".
Question 9 : On August 11, 1991, Wilson Alvarez of the ________ pitched a no-hitter in his second career major league start.
Question 10 : Clay Buchholz pitched a no-hitter for the ________ in his second major league start on September 1, 2007 at Fenway Park.