Homer Bailey No- Hitter

 
Homer Bailey:  No Hitter

TOP OF THE NINTH: Bailey made a nice play on a high-bouncing comebacker from the Giants’ No. 8 hitter, Brandon Crawford, to get the first out in the ninth and struck out pinch-hitter Tony Abreu with a 97 mph fastball for the second out. Gregor Blanco, who drew the walk in the seventh inning to break up the perfect game, then slapped an easy grounder to Reds third baseman Todd Frazier to complete Bailey’s no-no.

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TOP OF THE EIGHTH: Bailey got Hunter Pence to pop up on the infield and Brandon Belt to fly out to right, then Andres Torres lined out to center. The Reds are still up 3-0 heading into the bottom of the eighth.
Bailey, who threw a 115-pitch no-hitter last year against the Pirates, is at 96 pitches with three outs to go.

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History may be in the works tonight in Cincinnati.
Reds right-hander Homer Bailey has thrown a no-hitter through seven innings against the defending World Series-champion Giants. Bailey brought a perfect game into the top of the seventh but issued a leadoff walk to Gregor Blanco, who then advanced to second base on a Marco Scutaro groundout. Buster Posey nearly broke up the no-no one batter later when he blooped a ball between second and first base but the Reds’ Joey Votto made a heads-up play and threw to third, catching Blanco off guard on a fielder’s choice. We’ll be tracking this the rest of the way. Cincy is leading San Francisco by a score of 3-0 in the bottom of the seventh.





First Name:  Homer
Last Name:  Bailey
Number:  34
Position:  Starting Pitcher
Throws:  Right
Bats:  Right
Team:  Cincinnati Reds
Birthdate:  May 3rd 1986  (Age:27)
Birth Place:  La Grange, TX
Experience:  6 years
College:  None
Height:  6-4
Weight:  230 lbs

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2004	18	CIN-min	Rk	0	1	.000	4.38	6	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	14	7	6	0	3	0	9	0	1	1	54		1.378	10.2	0.0	2.2	6.6	3.00
2005	19	CIN-min	A	8	4	.667	4.43	28	21	1	0	0	0	103.2	89	64	51	5	62	0	125	3	5	11	458		1.457	7.7	0.4	5.4	10.9	2.02
2006	20	CIN-min	A+,AA	10	6	.625	2.47	26	26	0	0	0	0	138.2	99	48	38	7	50	1	156	7	0	7	567		1.075	6.4	0.5	3.2	10.1	3.12
2007	21	CIN-min	AAA,A+	6	4	.600	3.82	14	14	0	0	0	0	75.1	64	38	32	6	37	0	66	0	1	4	322		1.341	7.6	0.7	4.4	7.9	1.78
2007	21	CIN	NL	4	2	.667	5.76	9	9	0	0	0	0	45.1	43	32	29	3	28	1	28	3	1	1	205	81	1.566	8.5	0.6	5.6	5.6	1.00
2008	22	CIN-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.77	19	19	0	0	0	0	111.1	118	62	59	10	46	0	96	3	2	7	480		1.473	9.5	0.8	3.7	7.8	2.09
2008	22	CIN	NL	0	6	.000	7.93	8	8	0	0	0	0	36.1	59	36	32	8	17	1	18	0	1	4	180	56	2.092	14.6	2.0	4.2	4.5	1.06
2009	23	CIN-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.71	14	14	0	2	1	0	89.2	87	33	27	10	27	1	82	4	0	1	379		1.271	8.7	1.0	2.7	8.2	3.04
2009	23	CIN	NL	8	5	.615	4.53	20	20	0	0	0	0	113.1	115	61	57	12	52	1	86	3	0	6	496	93	1.474	9.1	1.0	4.1	6.8	1.65
2010	24	CIN-min	AAA,A	2	1	.667	3.13	5	4	0	0	0	0	23.0	19	8	8	0	6	0	20	1	0	1	91		1.087	7.4	0.0	2.3	7.8	3.33
2010	24	CIN	NL	4	3	.571	4.46	19	19	0	1	1	0	109.0	109	55	54	11	40	6	100	3	1	3	465	91	1.367	9.0	0.9	3.3	8.3	2.50
2011	25	CIN-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.00	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.0	34	10	10	1	6	0	22	0	0	0	128		1.333	10.2	0.3	1.8	6.6	3.67
2011	25	CIN	NL	9	7	.563	4.43	22	22	0	0	0	0	132.0	136	68	65	18	33	2	106	5	0	4	561	89	1.280	9.3	1.2	2.3	7.2	3.21
2012	26	CIN	NL	13	10	.565	3.68	33	33	0	2	1	0	208.0	206	97	85	26	52	3	168	8	0	3	874	113	1.240	8.9	1.1	2.3	7.3	3.23
2013	27	CIN	NL	5	8	.385	3.82	19	19	0	2	1	0	122.2	112	53	52	9	30	1	121	4	2	3	502	104	1.158	8.2	0.7	2.2	8.9	4.03
7 Yrs				43	41	.512	4.39	130	130	0	5	3	0	766.2	780	402	374	87	252	15	627	26	5	24	3283	94	1.346	9.2	1.0	3.0	7.4	2.49
162 Game Avg.				11	11	.512	4.39	34	34	0	1	1	0	201	204	105	98	23	66	4	164	7	1	6	859	94	1.346	9.2	1.0	3.0	7.4	2.49

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