Roughly 30 minutes prior to first pitch at Dodger Stadium on June 29, 1990, Oakland Athletics right-hander Dave Stewart completed a no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays. Fernando Valenzuela, that evening’s starter for Los Angeles Dodgers, wondered aloud if there’d be a second on the night.
Sure enough, Valenzuela no-hit the St. Louis Cardinals in a 6-0 victory. It marked the only in baseball history two no-hitters were thrown on the same day. Valenzuela entered the outing having suffered a loss in three of his last six games.
He threw 119 pitches, issued three walks and finished with seven strikeouts.