saint0917
May 12th, 2009, 06:48 AM
5/12/84:
Fastballing Cincinnati right-hander Mario Soto has his bid for a no-hitter broken up with two outs in the ninth inning when he hangs a change-up to Silent George Hendrick, who deposits the offering over the left-field fence. The last-ditch homer ties the game at 1-1, and even a standing ovation from the fans at Riverfront Stadium cannot assuage Soto’s disappointment. He recovers to retire the side and the Reds scratch out a run in the bottom half of the ninth to win the game, but for Soto, who dominated all day long with his fastball (12 strikeouts), the wrong pitch at the wrong time deprives him of baseball immortality.
B I R T H D A Y S
Yogi Berra b. 1925
Felipe Alou b. 1935
Johnny Bucyk b. 1935
George Karl b. 1951
Lou Whitaker b. 1957
Fastballing Cincinnati right-hander Mario Soto has his bid for a no-hitter broken up with two outs in the ninth inning when he hangs a change-up to Silent George Hendrick, who deposits the offering over the left-field fence. The last-ditch homer ties the game at 1-1, and even a standing ovation from the fans at Riverfront Stadium cannot assuage Soto’s disappointment. He recovers to retire the side and the Reds scratch out a run in the bottom half of the ninth to win the game, but for Soto, who dominated all day long with his fastball (12 strikeouts), the wrong pitch at the wrong time deprives him of baseball immortality.
B I R T H D A Y S
Yogi Berra b. 1925
Felipe Alou b. 1935
Johnny Bucyk b. 1935
George Karl b. 1951
Lou Whitaker b. 1957