Angels rookie Detmers throws no-hitter in 11th career start
A night that began with Shohei Ohtani receiving his MVP award ended with a rookie putting on a show.
Los Angeles Angels left-hander Reid Detmers threw a no-hitter Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Rays at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The Angels won 12-0.
What a moment!
— MLB (@MLB) May 11, 2022
A no-hitter for Reid Detmers!
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Detmers, the Halos' first-round pick in 2020, was making just his 11th major-league start. The performance was his first complete game dating back to his college days at Louisville.
"I just blacked out," he told Erica Weston of Bally Sports West.
Detmers had never thrown more than 6 innings in pro ball after being drafted in 2020. He never threw more than 8 innings in a game during his college career at Louisville. There is no training to finish that - just adrenaline and weightlessness. No-hitters are utterly amazing.
— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) May 11, 2022
The 22-year-old is the 25th rookie in MLB history to toss a complete-game no-no and the second Angels rookie to do it, following Bo Belinsky in 1962. It's also the 12th no-hitter in Angels history and the first by an individual Halos pitcher since Jered Weaver in 2012.
Detmers struck out just two batters, the fewest in a no-hitter since Francisco Liriano in 2011, per Elias Sports Bureau. However, he issued only one walk on 108 pitches (68 strikes). Tampa Bay also got a runner on base following Jared Walsh's error in the seventh inning, the closest it came to breaking up the no-no.
Reid Detmers’ no-hitter was *almost* broken up by Brett Phillips but luckily they scored this an error pic.twitter.com/Aky9bWa1Yf
— Ben Palmer (@benjpalmer) May 11, 2022
Detmers came into the game sporting a career 6.33 ERA and 1.45 WHIP over his 11 big-league outings. He's the only pitcher since 1913 to throw a no-hitter after starting the contest with a lifetime ERA above 6.00 in at least 40 career innings, according to Stats By Stats.
This was the sixth time the Rays have been no-hit in franchise history and the first since falling victim to Felix Hernandez's perfect game in 2012.