Major League Baseball experienced a very eventful weekend.
After an emotional morning across the league as Yordano Ventura, who tragically passed away in a car accident in January, would have turned 26 years old, ex-teammate Edinson Volquez threw his first career no-hitter in honor of Ventura and ex-Marlins all-star Jose Fernandez on Saturday.
“I just do it for them,” Volquez said. “They’re watching right now. And they might feel really happy right now.”
Volquez became the first pitcher since 1999 to throw a no-hitter in fewer than 100 pitches with 10 or more strikeouts.
Following the first no-hitter of the 2017 season, the quest for the Silver Boot continued between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers as in-state rivals faced off in the second installment of the Lone Star Series.