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September 12, 2086
 
Memphis Grizzlies @ Denver Broncos
With a chance to reduce their magic number for clinching the Central Division to 1, the Denver Broncos instead found themselves on the losing end of the league's first no-hitter in two years. Yes, the team that leads all of baseball in hits, doubles, homeruns, runs scored, batting average, and on base percentage failed to record even a single hit against Memphis' starting pitcher, Roy Kelemen. It was the 65th no-hitter in league history, and the 8th in Memphis' history, which is the most of any team. It is the 3rd time in Denver's history that the Broncos have been no-hit.
From the very beginning, it was clear that there was something strange in the air. Grizzlies' left-fielder Terrell Carillo led off the game with his 26th homerun. Denver starter Ray Lockridge responded by plunking the next batter, first-baseman John Henriques. Not surprisingly, Henriques was more than a little perturbed by this, and chose to express his displeasure by introducing Lockridge to his fists. Naturally, the rest of the Broncos' and Grizzlies' players decided to throw in their two cents. Once the dust had settled and the various disagreements had been, for the most part, settled, the home plate umpire ejected both Henriques and Lockridge. Reliever Lyndon Gwinn took over the pitching duties for the Broncos, and kept Memphis off the scoreboard again until the fifth inning, when he served up Joseph Ishmael's 40th homerun of the season. That's all Memphis needed to hold off Denver.
The Broncos, on the other hand, were getting base-runners. Kelemen may not have allowed any hits, but he had great difficulty in finding the strike-zone. His 7 walks were the most allowed by any pitcher in a no-hitter. Fortunately for Kelemen, the Grizzlies' defense bailed him out repeatedly, with double plays in each of the first four innings.
For Kelemen, it was actually his second career no-hitter. Nearly 5 years ago to the day(September 22, 2081), he no-hit the Grand Rapids Tigers. This makes him the 7th pitcher to throw at least 2 no-hitters(the record is 3, held by Hall of Famer, Hector Soriano).
Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Memphis 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 2
Denver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Memphis AB R H RBI BB K AVG HR RBI
T. Carrillo LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 .250 26 67
J. Henriques 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 21 83
R. Chapa 1B 2 0 0 0 1 1 .281 1 30
L. Welter RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .293 16 82
E. Phillips 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 .296 18 75
J. Schwing CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .290 10 70
J. Ishmael DH 3 1 1 1 0 1 .237 40 110
R. Chouinard SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 .258 26 87
F. Lamela C 3 0 0 0 0 2 .146 1 5
E. Jameson 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .284 11 45
Totals 29 2 5 2 1 7
BATTING
Doubles: T. Carrillo (28, 3rd inning off Gwinn, 0 on, 2 out.)
Homeruns: T. Carrillo (26, 1st inning off Lockridge, 0 on, 0 out.) J. Ishmael (40, 5th inning off Gwinn, 0 on, 0 out.)
Runs Batted In: T. Carrillo (67), J. Ishmael (110)
FIELDING
Errors: R. Kelemen (1), R. Chouinard (23)
Denver AB R H RBI BB K AVG HR RBI
R. Thomas CF 2 0 0 0 2 0 .383 22 102
L. Chappel C 3 0 0 0 1 0 .314 33 97
A. Stice SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 .294 35 123
M. Shunji LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 22 75
M. Lore RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .344 18 94
A. Vasquez DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 .325 24 110
E. Bolling 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .251 21 91
M. Phillips 3B 1 0 0 0 2 0 .257 4 42
B. Romero 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .284 8 49
Totals 25 0 0 0 7 4
Memphis IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD
R. Kelemen W 9 0 0 0 7 4 0 106 55 3.90 18-10
PITCHING
Batters Faced: R. Kelemen 32
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R. Kelemen 14-7
Game Score: R. Kelemen 84
Denver IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD
R. Lockridge L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 3 4.62 17-8
L. Gwinn 5 3 1 1 0 4 1 48 32 4.43
C. Saari 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 31 19 2.97
R. Soto 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 5 2.64
PITCHING
Batters Faced: R. Lockridge 2, L. Gwinn 16, C. Saari 10, R. Soto 3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R. Lockridge 0-0, L. Gwinn 3-6, C. Saari 4-2, R. Soto 2-0
Game Score: R. Lockridge 36
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