This will be a night that Ubaldo Jimenez will never forget in his career as he has made history and team history by throwing his first ever no hitter and also the Rockies first ever team no hitter against a strong Atlanta Braves lineup. Jimenez will join the 263 pitchers who have thrown a no hitter through 1876 to now 2010. Jimenez on Saturday pitched like a super-star and did a fantastic job on the mound, but also don't forget the players behind him helped him alot. Dexter Fowler made an outstanding diving catch in the seventh inning off of Troy Glaus, who smoked the ball in center field. Jimenez threw 128 pitches in 9 innings of work and his fastball was clocked at 97-98 mph, that’s some heat. Remember I told everyone to look out for the Rockies and Jimenez this year. So far he is 3-0 with a 1.29 ERA and 20 strikeouts on the year. Keep an eye on him.
Ubaldo Jimenez had 7 strikeouts but also had 6 walks, but none the less did a great job pitching. In the start of this game he was a little off with his pitches but in the sixth inning he went from the wined up to the straight and from there he started to pitch like a number 1 starting pitcher should. Besides Jimenez's no hitter his teammates came through and put up 4 runs on the broad. Troy Tulowitzki hit an RBI sac fly (6) on the year making it 1-0 Rockies. In the fourth Jimenez did a little do it yourself with an RBI single to put the Rockies up 2-0 and later in the inning Carlos Gonzalez would hit a two run RBI double (5) on the year for him and that would close the game and help Ubaldo Jimenez throw his first no hitter by winning the game 4-0 over the Braves.
Jimenez is the first pitcher in 2010 season to throw a no hitter since Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game last year. Jimenez has made his way in the history books at the age of 26 years old and did so this early in the year. This kid is a gamer!!
I’m Seth Lempert for Beyond Baseball,
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