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 | Sunday, August 10th, 1969: Senators Nolan Gets No-Hitter Washington's Gary Nolan came up big today at R.F.K. Stadium II with an exceptional 10-0 outing against the Cleveland Indians. Not only did he whip them, but Nolan held them hitless, too. He brought his "A stuff" to the ballpark, finishing with 10 strikeouts and 2 walks -- a day good enough to get his name in the league record book. "My arm was a bit sore in warmups," confessed Nolan. "Sometimes you go out there and you're not feeling all that hot. You get into the game... and all of a sudden in the seventh inning you look up and see the scoreboard and think to yourself, 'Oh, my goodness, I have a no-hitter!' You're so focused on what you're doing, it just happens." Then he added, "Nobody goes out to pitch a no-hitter. We just go out and try to get a win. A 10-9 win is better than a 1-0 loss. At least the batters are happy with that kind of win. My pitching buddies might not be too happy giving up 9 runs, though. But hey, a win is a win. The key to it today was I mixed my pitches well. This kept the Indians off balance and guessing the whole game." In season stats Nolan shows a 19-8 record in 29 games, 231.1 innings, 236 strikeouts and a 2.26 ERA. |
