D-backs’ Tyler Gilbert throws no-hitter in first career start

PHOENIX — There was Theodore, Bumpus and Bobo. Now there’s Tyler Gilbert.

The Diamondbacks left-hander became the 4th pitcher to propulsion a no-hitter successful his archetypal large league start, lifting Arizona implicit the San Diego Padres 7-0 Saturday nighttime with the record-tying eighth no-hitter successful the majors this season.

The past to execute the feat successful his archetypal commencement was Bobo Holloman of the St. Louis Browns connected May 6, 1953. Bumpus Jones besides did it successful his large league debut with the Cincinnati Reds connected Oct. 15, 1892, and Theodore Breitenstein threw 1 successful his archetypal commencement for the Browns connected Oct. 4, 1891.

The 8 no-hitters matched the people acceptable successful 1884, the archetypal twelvemonth overhand pitching was allowed.

Gilbert struck retired Trent Grisham and Ha-Seong Kim successful the ninth earlier Tommy Pham lined retired to halfway fielder Ketel Marte. Joyous Diamondbacks players threw their gloves successful the aerial and rushed the mound, mobbing the astonishing leader who spent six seasons successful the minors and was selected successful the Triple-A information of the Rule 5 draught past winter.

“Crazy,” Gilbert said. “It’s not going to deed maine for astir apt different day. I don’t cognize what conscionable happened.”

The 27-year-old Gilbert threw 102 pitches, including 64 strikes. He seldom delivered his fastball supra 90 mph, but helium efficaciously peppered the Padres with breaking pitches and leaned connected his defense, which bailed him retired connected respective hard-hit balls.

Pavin Smith caught a liner from Adam Frazier and past stepped connected archetypal to treble disconnected Tommy Pham successful the fourth. There was a enactment thrust snagged by Gilbert disconnected Eric Hosmer to extremity the fifth. Third baseman Drew Ellis made a diving drawback successful the seventh. David Peralta made a leaping drawback astatine the partition connected Austin Nola’s agelong alert shot successful the eighth.

Gilbert needed conscionable 3 pitches to get done the eighth, mounting up a melodramatic ninth. Marte caught the sinking enactment thrust for the last retired portion moving successful from halfway field.

“I tried to tune retired arsenic overmuch arsenic I could,” Gilbert said. “But that past inning, I heard everything.”

Among those celebrating the archetypal Diamondbacks’ no-hitter astatine location was Gilbert’s family. They were besides connected manus for his debut successful alleviation connected Aug. 3.

It was a stunning show for the Diamondbacks, who person the worst grounds successful the large leagues this season. It’s the 3rd no-hitter successful franchise past and archetypal since Edwin Jackson connected June 25, 2010. Second-year catcher Daulton Varsho caught Gilbert 1 nighttime aft hitting a game-winning homer.

“That was truthful amusive to bash that tonight,” Varsho said.

Gilbert (1-1) struck retired 5 and walked two. The sixth-round prime retired of Southern California successful 2015 had spent his full vocation successful the insignificant leagues until being called up a fewer weeks ago. He was making his 4th appearance.

The Chicago Cubs threw the majors’ astir caller no-hitter with a combined effort June 24. The different no-hitters this twelvemonth were thrown by San Diego’s Joe Musgrove (April 9), Carlos Rodón of the Chicago White Sox (April 14), Baltimore’s John Means (May 5), Cincinnati’s Wade Miley (May 7), Detroit’s Spencer Turnbull (May 18) and the New York Yankees’ Corey Kluber (May 19).

In addition, Arizona’s Madison Bumgarner pitched a seven-inning hitless crippled successful a doubleheader connected April 25 that is not recognized arsenic a no-hitter by Major League Baseball.

Most of those gems were thrown earlier MLB cracked down connected the usage of sticky overseas substances by pitchers successful precocious June.

It’s been a brutal bid for the Padres, who are struggling to support up successful the playoff race. San Diego inactive occupies the 2nd NL wild-card spot but has fallen 10 games down the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants.

“You’ve got to extremity the headdress to Gilbert. It was evidently a peculiar nighttime for him,” Padres manager Jayce Tingler said. “We’ve been a portion of 2 of them this year, and it’s a batch funner being connected the different side, that’s for sure. Frustrating night. The balls we did deed hard were close astatine guys oregon they made truly bully plays oregon alert balls were connected the track.”

The Diamondbacks jumped retired to a 5-0 pb successful the archetypal inning disconnected Musgrove (8-8), who needed 39 pitches to slog done 9 batters. Josh VanMeter doubled to leadoff the crippled and Marte brought him location with different double.

David Peralta had an RBI azygous and past the 25-year-old Ellis had the large stroke erstwhile helium smacked Musgrove’s hanging breaking shot into the near tract seats.

REVOLVING DOOR

Gilbert was the 15th antithetic Diamondbacks starting pitcher this season, which extends a nine record. The erstwhile precocious was 12, which has happened 4 times. The past occurance was 2019.

UP NEXT

The Padres and Diamondbacks wrapper up the four-game bid connected Sunday. Arizona sends RHP Zac Gallen (1-6, 4.87) to the mound to look San Diego RHP Craig Stammen (5-3, 3.31).