Sunday, July 14, 2013

Freak No-Hitter: Lincecum Dices Padres for 2013 No-No 2

Tim Lincecum no-hit the Padres with plate umpire Mark Wegner presiding Saturday evening marking the second no-hitter of the 2013 MLB season. Wegner was joined by Laz Diaz (1B), Tim Timmons (2B) and crew chief Mike Winters (3B). This is Lincecum's first career no-hitter, a career-high 148-pitch performance.

Saturday's was Wegner's first plate no-hitter and the first MLB no-hitter since July 3, 2013 (Ed Hickox/Homer Bailey). Winters is the only other member of this crew to have called a no-hitter (8/17/1992; Kevin Gross).

Wegner received 73 callable pitches from Lincecum, a total of 50 balls and 23 called strikes; the look:

Balls: 72 called balls outside of strike zone / 0 called balls within strike zone = 72/72 = 100% Accuracy.
Strikes: 21 called strikes inside strike zone / 2 called strikes outside strike zone = 21/23 = 95.7% Accuracy.
Total Raw Accuracy Score = 93/95 = 97.9% Accuracy (+2 in favor of SF Giants/Lincecum).
Though colored the same (green), the hit-by-pitch is not included in the total callable pitches count.
Wrap: San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres, 7/13/13 (Lincecum: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 13 SO)