It took 18 years, and 2,926 games, but the Washington Nationals were finally no-hit in last night’s 7-0 loss to Michael Lorenzen and the Philadelphia Phillies. Lorenzen, 31, in his first start in Citizens Bank Park after he was acquired from Detroit at the trade deadline earlier this month, walked four, struck out five, and threw 124 pitches, 76 for strikes, generating a total of 13 swinging and 22 called strikes in the outing.
There were some well-struck balls, but Lorenzen got seven groundouts, and 12 fly ball outs from the 31 batters he faced in the 14th no-hitter in Phillies’ franchise history.