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On this date in 1997: Giants hitters baffled as Kevin Brown throws no-hitter

(This story originally appeared in 1997)

Editor’s note: Kevin Brown’s no-hitter for the Marlins was the last one ever thrown at Candlestick Park.

By Mark Gonzales, San Jose Mercury News

The first-place Giants have lost games by 16 and 11 runs this season, but never had they been so helpless as they were Tuesday.

Even with William VanLandingham flirting with a misleading no-hitter for six innings, they didn’t come close.

The reason was Florida’s Kevin Brown, who elevated his mastery of the Giants with a no-hitter for a 9-0 victory.