The Phillies had eleven no-hitters in club history heading into Monday's Labor Day matinee:
- Charles Ferguson, August 29, 1885
- Red Donahue, July 8, 1898
- Chick Fraser, September 18, 1903
- Johnny Lush, May 1, 1906
- Jim Bunning, June 21, 1964
- Rick Wise, June 23, 1971
- Terry Mulholland, August 15, 1990
- Tommy Greene, May 23, 1991
- Kevin Milwood, April 27, 2003
- Roy Halladay, May 29, 2010
- Roy Halladay, October 6, 2010
Could they add one more to the list? The Phillies did so in a manner not so easy to list.
Cole Hamels started today's no-hitter with six no-hit innings. Hamels, however, was not especially sharp. After walking five, hitting one batter, and throwing 108 pitches, Hamels departed. Only 66 of the 108 pitches were for strikes. With the future in mind, Hamels' exit was the right thing to do. There is no point in risking injury to Hamels and sacrificing future playoff apperances.
Jake Diekman took the mound second. Diekman threw 15 pitches in the inning, 10 of them for strikes. Diekman struck out two, walking none.
Ken Giles was electric. Giles struck out the side in his inning of work, the eighth inning. The Phillies would then turn to their closer.
Jonathan Papelbon took the hill in the ninth inning. Papelbon made 57 appearance for the Phillies going into the game on Sunday. 33 of them were no-hit innings. Could Papelbon do it one more time?
Leadoff hitter Jose Constanza flew out to left fielder Domonic Brown. Chris Johnson hit a tapper up the middle fielded by Jimmy Rollins for out number two. Papelbon got the count 1-2 against Phil Gosselin. Gosselin lined out to Darin Ruf.
Put number 12 into the Phillies record books.
