a pitcher getting a no hitter
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Through the 2008 season, no Rockies pitcher has thrown a no-hitter.
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The pitcher will have a "no decision" (neither a win nor a loss). In the case where the pitcher leaves for a pinch hitter, and the team rallies to take the lead and hold it for the remainder of the game, that pitcher would be the winning pitcher, provided he pitched the required 5 innings.
Well in the American league it is required to have a designated hitter for the pitcher but if the pitcher were to pitch in the national league the pitcher is required do both
No, the designated hitter hits for the whole game unless he is replaced by another player. You may be getting the rule mixed up with the National League. If a pitcher has completed an inning and the manager feels he has done his duty on the mound, he will call in a pinch-hitter for the pitcher (if he comes to bat before they go back out on the field). That hitter will only hit for that one time, then the next pitcher will take his place in the lineup. If they happen to bat around that inning, the pinch hitter will bat again.
In MLB, yes. MLB's definition of a no hitter is: "An official no-hit game occurs when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits during the entire course of a game, which consists of at least nine innings." So a pitcher could pitch a no hitter for nine innings or nineteen innings but if a reliever comes in and gives up a hit, the no hitter is over.
It is a pitcher's ballpark. It has tough dimensions for a hitter. Here is an article describing a hitter's ballpark vs. a pitcher's ballpark.
The hitter is out, but the base runners can run to the next base with out tagging up.
On June 13, 2012, Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants became the latest pitcher to throw a no-hitter. It was also a perfect game.
Nolan Ryan with 7
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