Ervin Santana throws no-hitter

This is not really Yankees related, but it is a big event, so I’ll blog it anyway. Ervin Santana of the Los Angeles Angels hit a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians today. Santana is the first to do it at Progressive Park and is the only one to do it for the Angels in almost 27 years. Santana said he realized the possibility of the no-hitter after he got out of the 8th inning. He ended up striking out 10 batters and allowed only 2 runners on base. This was the ninth no hitter in Angels history, with four of them belonging to the legendary Nolan Ryan. Santana ended the day with 105 pitches, of which 76 were strikes. He was 0-2 in the count an astounding nine times, but it all worked out in the end.