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Diamondbacks’ Tyler Gilbert throws no-hitter in first vocation start out

The ball left Eric Hosmer’s bat at 96 mph and appeared ticketed for center discipline when Diamondbacks remaining-hander Tyler Gilbert snatched it out of the air. It was one of many balls the San Diego Padres scorched on Saturday night, but it was the one particular, Gilbert said later on, that designed him recognize one thing particular may be going on.

Gilbert entered the working day as anonymous as any pitcher in the majors. He ended it with his have claim on baseball record.

In blanking the Padres, 7-, at Chase Discipline, Gilbert grew to become just the fourth pitcher to toss a no-hitter in his initially profession get started and the initial considering the fact that 1953. He also turned just the third pitcher in Diamondbacks history to toss a no-hitter, following Randy Johnson (2004) and Edwin Jackson (2010).