Blake Snell no-hits Reds in Cincinnati

Blake Snell had never pitched into the 9th inning in his nine-year major league career. It goes without saying that he’d never thrown a no-hitter.

Blake Snell tosses the 18th no-hitter in @SFGiants history! pic.twitter.com/KVS3tml6CR

— MLB (@MLB) August 3, 2024 All that changed on a muggy night in Cincinnati, when Snell threw his first career no-hitter in a 3-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds. He struck out the side in the first inning on his way to an 11-strikeout, three-walk gem, throwing 78 strikes in his 114 pitches.

Snell didn’t have much trouble on his first-ever visit to the 9th inning, getting through the inning with a four-pitch strikeout of Santiago Espinal, then getting Jonathan India…