Last Updated on July 2, 2010 9:36 pm by admin
PHOENIX (AP) -Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Edwin Jackson’s bid to become the second pitcher to throw consecutive no-hitters lasted just three outs.
Coming off throwing the majors’ fourth no-hitter this season in his last start, Jackson pitched a perfect first inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers Friday night before James Loney lined a single up the middle to lead off the second.
Jackson had Arizona’s second no-hitter last Friday despite walking eight batters and hitting another in a 1-0 win over Tampa Bay. He got a couple extra days’ rest after throwing 149 pitches, taking the mound against the Dodgers in Kirk Gibson’s managerial debut.
Cincinnati’s Johnny Vander Meer is the only pitcher to throw consecutive no-hitters, doing it in 1938.