Cubs No-Hit Dodgers

I’ve never seen a No-Hitter in person.

After attending more than 500 live baseball games in my lifetime, I’ve never actually been to  a No-No. But tonight I got to experience one vicariously.

Because as Jake Arrieta of the Cubs was striking out 12 batters tonight en route to a No-Hitter against the Dodgers, my daughter Sarah and my son Matt were in the crowd. They were in different parts of Dodger Stadium, but we were all in touch throughout the game, sending pictures as history was unfolding. Matt snapped this picture of the sun setting on the Dodgers from the first base side:

Sunset view of No-Hitter from Dodger Stadium.

Sunset view of No-Hitter from Dodger Stadium.

Sarah captured this view from high above third base as the Cubs recorded the final out for a 2-0 victory.

Cubs celebrate history.

Cubs celebrate history.

Chase Utley was the Dodgers’ last hope in the 9th to break up the No-No but instead he went down on strikes:

Utley strikes out to end the game.

Utley strikes out to end the game.

And then the celebration began:

Cubs cheer while Dodgers lament their 2nd No-No in 9 days.

Cubs cheer while Dodgers lament their 2nd No-No in 9 days.

Jake Arrieta now has the most wins in baseball with 17. Arrieta hurled the 293rd No-hitter in Major League history – 249 of those are from baseball’s so-called “modern era” dating back to 1901.

Jake Arrieta now has 17 wins, the most in baseball.

Jake Arrieta now has 17 wins, the most in baseball.

Sarah told me, “I was really hoping he’d do it. It was pretty awesome to see something like that – I’m proud of his perfection, it made me feel stronger.”

Matt said, “I can’t believe you’ve never seen a No-Hitter before.” The rest of his words were cut off by the subway train as he descended underground.

Arrieta’s No-Hitter is the 6th one this year. Yet somehow I’ve never been lucky enough to be in the right stadium at the right time to witness history.

Now both kids have one up on me and I couldn’t be prouder.                                                  We will always have Baseball Between Us.

 

 

About Mike

Mike Luery is an award-winning journalist with 25 years on TV and radio. Currently, he is the political reporter for KCRA-TV, the top-ranked station in Sacramento. This is Luery's second tour of duty with KCRA, where he was also a reporter from 1984 - 2000. In between, he was NBC's Capitol Bureau Chief in California and a reporter for CBS 13 in Sacramento. Luery lives in northern California with his wife Carol. Baseball Between Us is his first book.
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