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San Diego's Musgrove throws 1st no-hitter in Padres history

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The hometown kid finally gave the San Diego Padres their long-awaited no-hitter.

Joe Musgrove, who grew up in the San Diego area, ended the Padres' 53-year streak of futility by throwing the first no-hitter in franchise history on Friday against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. San Diego won 3-0.

"That was the first no-hitter I've thrown in my life. Pretty crazy it comes on the big stage in a Padres uniform," Musgrove said, according to SiriusXM's Scott Miller.

Until Friday, the Padres were the only active franchise to have never thrown a no-hitter. The feat finally happened in the club's 8,206th regular-season game after a span of 18,995 days.

"I think a no-hitter, regardless of where you're playing, is really special. But it almost seems like this was meant to be," the El Cajon, California, native said, according to Dennis Lin of The Athletic.

The right-hander admitted he didn't go to the washroom during his start despite drinking 11 or 12 bottles of water.

"That was the one thing I didn't want to break the superstition of," he said postgame, according to Tyler Kepner of The New York Times. "I didn't want to have to use the bathroom in the middle of a start."

Musgrove struck out 10 batters and walked none on 112 pitches (77 strikes), with his lone blemish being a fourth-inning hit-by-pitch issued to Joey Gallo. Although relievers were warming late and his pitch count was high, manager Jayce Tingler said postgame he was only going to take Musgrove out if he gave up a hit, according to AJ Cassavell of MLB.com.

The 28-year-old, who joined San Diego this offseason, has yet to allow a run in two starts with the club. Musgrove now owns a 31-inning scoreless streak dating back to Sept. 15 of last year during his tenure with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Wil Myers provided all the offense Musgrove would need with a second-inning RBI double off Rangers starter Kohei Arihara. The Padres added another run in the second courtesy of a Leody Taveras error and one more in the third off of Manny Machado's RBI double.

This game marks just the fourth time that the Rangers have been no-hit since moving to Texas in 1972 and the first against them since 2007. It was also the first no-hitter thrown at Globe Life Field, which opened last summer.

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