The team won't, however, concede that Santana's 134-pitch no-hitter last June perhaps exacerbated the situation.
Marcum left the game with two on and two out in the seventh and Scott Rice's wild pitch to pinch hitter Ty Wigginton allowed Daniel Descalso to score the go-ahead run.
He left the game with two on and two out in the seventh and Scott Rice's wild pitch to pinch hitter Ty Wigginton allowed Daniel Descalso to score the go-ahead run.
By the time O's starter Jason Berken uncorked his first pitch to New York leadoff hitter Alex Cora, swaths of empty seats lined the lower bowl down the left field and right field lines (as for the upper level, a few guppies in a sea of green seats).
After that outing on June 1, Santana went 3-7 with an 8.27 ERA. He attributed his decline not to the high pitch count from the no-hitter, but rather an unrelated ankle injury he later sustained covering first base.
In the bottom of the seventh, reliever Bryan Morris hit pinch-hitter Valdespin with his first pitch.
In the bottom of the seventh, reliever Bryan Morris hit pinch-hitter Jordany Valdespin with his first pitch.
Pinch-hitter Mike Baxter was hit by a pitch to load the bases for Davis.
His problems started not long after he threw the first no-hitter in franchise history, a 134-pitch epic that will likely serve as the defining moment of his Mets tenure.
After Cano stole second on a pitch by Fernando Rodney that struck out Vernon Wells, pinch-hitter Travis Hafner was intentionally walked and Lyle Overbay walked to load the bases.
Gonzalez dropped No. 9 hitter Francisco Cervelli to the dirt in the fifth with a pitch that came close to the catcher's head, and the right-hander was booed relentlessly by what remained of the 35, 033 fans that withstood the blustery 35-degree wind chill.
Tulowitzki appeared as a pinch hitter in the eighth and was hit in the back by a pitch from Robertson.
Like the great left-handed hitter Ted Williams before him, Bonds simply refused to swing at a pitch he felt he could not turn into something useful.
Perhaps the hitter was having a great night, or perhaps the pitcher was distracted, or perhaps the pitch was exceptionally strong.
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O'Flaherty, Atlanta's fourth pitcher of the inning, walked pinch-hitter Justin Turner to force in a run before striking out Byrd on a 3-2 pitch.
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