Was this no-hitter Edinson Volquez’s biggest game ever? It might be hard to call it that when his start in Game 5 of the 2015 World Series helped the Royals win the title at Citi Field that night, and he did that in the shadow of having just buried his father, who died on the day Volquez started Game 1.
Everyone is going to point out that Volquez doing this is directly related to his connection to two tragic deaths. Today would have been Yordano Ventura's 26th birthday. Volquez was close to the Kansas City Royals flame-thrower, a teammate on those World Series champion Royals.